Re: Throttle Body Mods - Again

From: dakota_5sp_v8 (dakota_5sp_v8@zracer.com)
Date: Sat Jun 12 1999 - 15:28:42 EDT


blood enterprises in auburn, wa

here are pictures. http://www.zracer.com/throttle_body.htm

Why do you ask?

Joel

> And who did your porting?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@texas.net>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 6:33 PM
> Subject: DML: Re: Re: Re: Throttle Body Mods - Again
>
>
> >
> >I haven't run an 1/4 miles on an official track yet (waiting for June
> 27th),
> >but I can definitely say that the TB I received greatly improved the
trucks
> >performance...bottom end torque as well as overall acceleration. Good
old
> >fashioned "Butt-Dyno" and a small "traction loss" when power shifting
from
> >1st to 2nd proved that to me right away. Remember though...i've got a V6
> >with 32" tires...that's not that easy to do.
> >
> >There are cases where the throttle body was modified with bores that were
> >too large for the application or just modified too much for the
application
> >which will cause performance losses (which includes HP and TQ).
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Bernd D. Ratsch
> >Pflugerville, TX
> >'97 Dakota SLT/CC V6
> >bernd@texas.net
> >http://lonestar.texas.net/~bernd/Dakota.htm
> >ICQ#: 39320084
> >
> >> This is the second time I have seen this particular post. Both times I
> >was
> >> just about ready to do the mod when Joel puts out this warning.
> >> Is Joel the only one who has had this sort of performance loss? Or has
> no
> >> one else dyno'd their truck before/after the tb mod?
> >>
> >> --Ollie



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