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Old 06-22-2008, 01:04 PM
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saw an ad on craigslist for tb porting for 75$ a guy in carlsbad does it. anyone ever hear of this guy or know if its a scam or what? the guys name is roger ward.
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edit: i see you have a bbk tb
i saw that too. but i ported my own it takes only like 5 mins to take off and like an hour worth of work if you do not epoxy it. I need to go back in there and do the epoxy. Just do it yourself! http://www.geocities.com/wilwaxu/throttlebody.html
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i dont have the time or the tools to do that. so i dont mind spending the money if it is done right. too late now though i dropped it off to him today. so i will let you know how it turned out.
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Nice! please LMK how it works out.. what's his ETA?
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btw its my factory im getting ported i think ill have better luck with a ported factory one then i will with this bbk tb. plus im having problems with the blades sticking on the bbk.
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hmmm...never hered of such thing
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hey take some pictures for us of it and let us know how you like the whole deal.
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New Era one of our sponsors does it for only 75W/shipping. and they do a hell of a job
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i was looking on here and couldnt find a sponsor that did it. so i just decided to try this guy and see if it was worth a ****. will find out tuesday.



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