You have to look at it from another perspective too. With the fastman, you
have to give back your old throttle body. If you ever decide you want to put
your truck back to factory specs for a trade-in, etc, you're out of luck.
When you factor the cost of a new throttle body, the F&B isn't that much
more expensive, and IMO, the additional performance benefits are worth it.
Its nice to know that if I have to sell my truck or go in for warranty work,
I can slap my stocker back on in 20 minutes. If you're looking for
performance, there is no way that the fastman can beat the F&B.. its
impossible to port a stock TB to flow like F&B and while some say the
performance difference is marginal.. I always want the best for my truck.
The MP throttle body I believe you are referring to is the 4bbl. That one, I
believe has been discontinued. If you can find one used, beware that you
must also change your intake manifold to get it to work. It has such high
flow numbers that it is pretty impractical except for a highly modified
motor.
I haven't heard for sure, but I think its possible that F&B may be running a
special in the future to sell the returned 50MM throttle bodies from the
recent upgrade deal. Sam: do you know anything about such a deal? I wonder
who will be the lucky duck is that will get my old one.
-Nelson C.
2000 Black CC R/T
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net]On Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 1:55 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: V8 Throttle Body-Another Question
The Fastman is a reworked stock TB, I have the 50mm, works great. He
removes the airhats, bores them out, puts in thinner blades and new shafts.
The F&B TBs are complete new pieces, I hear they're really nice, but they
also cost twice as much as Fastman. I think the flow numbers are a little
better on the F&B ones too, but for the money I'd go with Fastman, and put
the other $250 towards other mods. I've never seen a Mopar Performance TB,
so I can't comment on those.
-- Dave Bensalem, PA '02 R/T RC Flame Red<SCalHOTROD@aol.com> wrote in message news:18e.c04b268.2a82b5c1@aol.com... > > Since Flowmetrics and Fastman were just mentioned, does anyone know the > difference bettwen those and the Mopar Performance throttle body. > > Are they much better? > > Just looking for people's opinions on all three... > > Thanks, > > Chris > Santa Clara, CA > > In a message dated 8/7/02 9:47:06 AM, OffRoad322@aol.com writes: > > << Does anyone have a V8 (48mm) Throttle Body for Sale? I have a 3.9L V6 and > have been looking to upgrade my throttle body. I already have an intake and > Flowmaster exhaust, so I think this is the next step for me. I don't have a > lot of money to spend, so that is why I am looking for just a normal V8 > throttle body, not a Flometrics or Fastman. Anyone have a nice one laying > around? >> >
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