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Old 05-17-2012, 09:10 PM
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As anyone done this befre or is possible to carefully sand the snout to 85mm to put a bigger TB
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Old 05-17-2012, 10:13 PM
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Just asking cus I have a good deal offered on a 85mm TB and 85maf that i can buy I just dnt want to buy it and not be able to use it in the LS6 if I cant sand the snout to 85mm
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85mm - 78mm = 7mm. An awful lot of circumference to try and create by hand sanding. Is your hand calibrated accurately enough to get it perfectly circular?
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You would have to make the opening 3.5mm wider all the way around. That is quite a bit of material.
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Yep, my friend has it done to his
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