RE: RE: TB modifications

From: ABadDakota (bad93dakota@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 18:19:41 EST


Basically what you did to yours.

Tom
--- Chad Evans <hemidak@Msn.com> wrote:
> What are you exactly wanting to do.
>
>
> >From: ABadDakota <bad93dakota@yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> >Subject: RE: DML: RE: TB modifications
> >Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:48:26 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >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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