Kyle and DML'ers,
If you can't wait or don't have the money for a F&B TB, you
can modify your TB yourself with some common sense. The first
thing is forget the DREMEL tool for reaming out the inside
bores (you want to keep the bores balanced!). Find a father
and sons machine shop that can mil the inside bores. I did and
it cost me $20. I then used the dremel for work on butterflys and
shaft.
Granted this is not as good as F&Bs, R&Ds or that other
guy...uh...whats his name? Oh yeah! Jules...but, It gets you there
almost as fast. By the way, for newbies, Jon posted Kuk's TB mod
information on the DML long ago. 2 yrs ago, I did my 97 V6 TB Kuk's way
using the dremel, but upgraded to a drill press with special milling
bits to do a satisfying job (not as good as a machine shop). I have a
'98 318 now and my TB bores are balanced and polished. All the machine
shop did was mil the bores and I did the rest. Its a work of art that
several chebbies and ferds didn't appreciate. If you've got the follow
up tools and knowhow, go for it.
GS -
98 5.2L 5spd
GrnDak4x4@aol.com wrote:
> Thanks for the info Frank, looks like I am just going to try the 'homebrew'
> route and see how things go, since I dont really want to wait more than a
> month for a TB and don't really want to put more than $100 into a TB(it's
> just me). I will break out the ole Dremel from the garage and go to town.
> Gotta go research now the DML archives and fellow DMLer's websites for TB
> mods, thanks anyways!
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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