DML,
Whew its been quite a few days. I put Franks throttle body on Friday
evening. The workmanship was superb! Frank unshrouded it and continued the
pressure recovery angle up to the inlet he also shaved the lower throttle
shaft and used button head screws with no thread "overhang" to the top side.
Installation was a breeze, although I needed to clean up my manifold at the
center divider and port match the TB gasket (my manifold casting had a
shifted inside core that left about an 1/8" of material under the right TB
inlet bore).
The R/T was running great with NO bad side effects and what felt like a lot
more power! It was late so I parked it after a 30 mile cruise and went in
for the evening. The next morning I got ready for the strip by washing the
truck. After the wash I started it and got a check engine light. OUCH! it
ran like hell. To make this short, it ended up being the JET chip giving up
the ghost on me... BUT comparison be damned I removed the module,
reconnected the MP comp and went to the strip anyhow. Of course it was a
record 105F day with 95% humidity! Not many nuts at the strip... Anyhow,
My best time was 15.39 @ 90.7 mph! At least 1mph better than my previous
best and right on the money ET wise. I could feel the loss of the JET at
the bottom end , but my top end made up for it! The heat was also brutal.
The truck proceeded to slow down from the first run with its worst time
being a 15.55. Beat a 67 mustang rather soundly! I think once the JET is
back and the track is cooler (my previous best time was at a 90 degree track
day) I might be looking at 15.2 or even 15.1 E/Ts!! At least ILl get a
better, more scientific comparison!
BKB
-----Original Message-----
From: Holloway,Frank T [mailto:Frank.T.Holloway@KP.ORG]
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 1998 4:53 PM
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
Subject: DML: RE: Magnum Performance Throttle Body?
Hay Steve.
Hold off on the throttle body for a couple of days. I have been playing with
a couple of these (flow work, different shafts, different plate sizes, etc,
etc, etc, etc).
I finished the first one during the week and Bruce Bridges installed it on
his truck on Friday and hopefully he will have a chance to take it to the
strip today.
The bottom line on this is that the mill work (whatever the final outcome),
on the NC mill only takes approx. 15 minutes. The first one that Bruce has,
the flow
at WOT was increased by 13% and so far no "check engine light". The one that
I'll be putting on my truck has larger bores 2.020 (still waiting for the
new brass
plates) but it is already to assemble. It actually takes longer to
disassemble, clean and re-assemble. If this works according to plan, it
could save you a lot
of money.
Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: O26ON4@aol.com [SMTP:O26ON4@aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 1998 6:27 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Magnum Performance Throttle Body?
>
> Has anyone had experience with or know someone who has had with subject
> part?
> Would appreciate feedback since I'm considering buying one.
> Regards,
> Steve Waller in Houston
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:09:28 EDT