Re: Re: Re: Throttle Body Mods - Again

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Sat Jun 12 1999 - 16:57:00 EDT


Hey Joel,

>From the site, it doesn't look like you were too happy with it. (4hp
loss???)

----- Original Message -----
From: dakota_5sp_v8 <dakota_5sp_v8@zracer.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 3:56 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Re: Throttle Body Mods - Again

>
>
> duh! you werent asking me! oopps
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dakota_5sp_v8 <dakota_5sp_v8@zracer.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 12:28 PM
> Subject: DML: Re: Throttle Body Mods - Again
>
>
> >
> >
> > 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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