Marty,
The flat top is gonna kill your flow rate unless you radius the inlets....
As big a radius as possible! The air coming into the TB is coming from the
sides in a swirling pattern, not straight down from the top! Go for it!
Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty Nowak (Got-Speed)" <got-speed@cox.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:01 PM
Subject: DML: Modified TB 5.2
>
> Ok well I got my TB in, and decided to modify it. Well thats the whole
> reason for buying it. I chopped of everything on the top with a dremel cut
> off wheel and sanded it down with a sanding disc. It was very wavy on top
so
> I took it to the machine shop and $30 later they milled it flat. Took an
> extra 2mm off for me. I just cut off one side of the throttle shaft and
cut
> down the torx screws to hold the butterflys on. I think next I will bevel
> the edges for the barrels and polish everything up. Man this is too easy,
I
> have about 45 minutes worth or work into it so far and expect another hour
> or so to polish it !
> I have updated the pics on my website, and here is a direct link :
> http://members.cox.net/got-speed/throttle.html
>
> I also posted a bunch or pics of my dash and gauges if anyone wants to see
:
> http://members.cox.net/got-speed/dash.html
>
> LOL you can see the reflection of my bike in the side mirror :)
>
> Marty
> http://members.cox.net/got-speed
>
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