T-Body Plan & ???'s (Hey, Eric!)

From: Stephan Boianoff (sboianoff@mdc.com)
Date: Wed Jun 10 1998 - 09:34:29 EDT


>>> <Rekker21@aol.com> 06/10/98 04:22am >>>

yeah Steve thats what my intentions are, do you think its a good or bad
idea.
I hope everyone particitpating will be honest about it. Let me know what
you
think before I send it out.
Eric

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Well, it's a great idea (and very generous of you), but in the real world I
have my doubts. In any group of people, there is always someone who
will take advantage of the situation. I guess if you are sure to never
have a need for that spare throttle body, you have nothing to lose, but if
it were me...there are alot of obstacles (honesty, machining skills, etc.)

BTW, I'm sure you've seen Jules' posts about what years throttle bodies
are interchangeable, how many people are actually going to be involved
that have throttle bodies that will interchange?

If I remember correctly, you have an MPI throttle body, right? From what
you can see, what has actually been done to it? Please be specific, I
plan to do mine myself & would like some hints. My plan is to shave the
top completely smooth (except tabs to reference the air cleaner & around
the S-bolt threaded hole), smooth the top part (above the butterfly) of
each bore so that it matches the lower part that is already machined, and
relieve the corner where the top of the throttle body meets each bore. Is
this consistent with the work done to yours? Thanks for the help.

Steve



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