Hey Chad......interested in doing one for
me???????
Tom
--- Chad Evans <hemidak@Msn.com> wrote:
> Its nic eto work at a machine shop. I had one
> off our EDM operators use a
> bridgeport to mill of the top off the ridges
> and some of the base to make it
> look neat. the polishing i did mysel because i
> do that for a living. ain't
> it grand to use diamond compound and all i paid
> was a case of miller genuine
> draft. hehehehe
>
> 99 r/c 318
> flame red
> hemidak@msn.com
>
>
> >From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net>
> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >Subject: RE: DML: RE: TB modifications
> >Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:23:34 -0600
> >
> >
> >Liability.
> >
> >One word of caution...if you've never done any
> porting work...don't try to
> >modify the TB by yourself. All it takes is
> one slip with the
> >grinder/dremel
> >to really screw up the bores. If you can,
> take the TB to a local machine
> >shop and have them do the milling/grinding for
> you.
> >
> >(I do have experience porting/modifying carbs
> and heads so please be
> >careful
> >with the hand grinders on your TB's...one slip
> and $100+ later for a new
> >TB)
> >
> >- Bernd
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >Subject: Re: DML: RE: TB modifications
> >
> >So I have a question... If smoothing out the
> throttle body makes such a
> >good difference, how come they don't come that
> way out of the factory? I
> >can understand it being too expensive to
> produce them with an ultra smooth
> >finish, but couldn't they make 'em closer to
> what we're doing to them?
> >What
> >are those ridges supposed to do anyway?
> Someone said they are
> >over-engineered... For strength I assume? Or
> for sound baffling? More
> >like Tod baffling...I can't figure it out. Is
> there some risk in taking
> >them out?
> >
> >Anyway, this mod sounds like something I want
> to try.
> >
> >This list sure is expensive... I wasn't
> planning on doing any mods. Now I
> >have a growing list of them...and I don't even
> *have* a Dakota yet! Twenty
> >days since my order...and counting....
> -Tod
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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