not only yes, but hell yes!!!!!
00' 4.7L CC 3.92LSD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnoldo Silva" <silva@rio.bravo.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 3:10 PM
Subject: DML: Re: R&D Performance Throttle Bodies
> ill take one of those 4.7 throttle bodies. sign me up. how big will it be
> 68mm or 70mm?
> arnold
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RDPerform@aol.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 11:58 AM
> Subject: DML: R&D Performance Throttle Bodies
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Was just poking through the archives and noticed that my previous
> > "competition" had alot of bad mouthing as to the quality of my ported
> > throttle bodies. What I'm asking you folks is, how is your TB holding
up?
> >
> > One person mentioned that the TBs butterflies were loose - this was only
> on
> > the first run of TBs as they were only welded on the one side which
> allowed
> > the blades to wiggle very slightly. A small tack weld on the front of
the
> > blade fixed this. (Note: This cannot be done on a TB with brass blades -
> > period. No matter how good the welder is) Our TB is the only one with
the
> > flathead screws sunk into the bores to my knowledge. This may have
> changed.
> > Another thing no one seems to mention is how our blades are angle cut to
> > match the bore .... just another small step we take to insure the
> precision
> > assembly of these units. Nothing is just stamped out.
> >
> > Another thing mentioned by our "competition" is that our precision
> stainless
> > shafts were warped from the heat of the welding. Well - upon disassembly
> of
> > our TB we tested the welds on (had about 3 or 4 different welding points
> as
> > opposed to 2) we spun the shaft on a dial indicator ....... nothing was
> out
> > of tolerance one bit.
> >
> > I'm also curious as to how well these "fixed" throttle bodies performed
> with
> > the larger bore. When we tested the 52mm bore over the 50mm, performance
> was
> > ultimately lost even though the off-idle gains made it feel like the
truck
> > was actually faster. We did this on my Supercharged truck, stock trucks,
> > warmed up NA trucks (cams, etc), all with the same results.
> >
> > I still to this day (especially after selling all my surplus parts off
> cheap)
> > get requests to start making the TBs again, as people are very satisfied
> with
> > them. I plan on doing so (plus a 4.7L TB that'll be an absolute jewel)
> with
> > all options available, just curious as to what you guys though worked,
as,
> > it's no big deal to do any extra machining once the TB is in the mill.
> >
> > FWIW - New price will probably be around $250 - no core. How's that
sound?
> >
> >
> > Speak up :)
> >
> >
> > ttyl
> > Patrick
> >
> >
>
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