RE: RE: TB modifications

From: Stlaurent Mr Steven (STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 18:21:48 EST


Remember folks, I f you decide to thinned the walls of the TB, what damage
can be done by adding a Supercharger or Turbo unit-meaning more incoming
pressure.... This why I was more incline going to the billet version not
thinning the walls for more added mods in the future (SC, TURBO, or NOS).

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Steven St.Laurent
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chad Evans [mailto:hemidak@Msn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 2:01 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: RE: DML: RE: TB modifications

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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