ported stock TB question
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Teching In
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From: Hedgesville WV
ported stock TB question Anyone on the site ever used one of those ebay TB From Affordable Speed where you buy one of theirs and send them yours as a core. i belive their out of woodstock IL
I ported my LS6 throttle body on my Z06 vette myself. I was going to go aftermarket 102mm, but I decided to use my LS6 intake for a while longer.
I bull nosed the blade, milled down the bolt heads on the shaft, & fully ported & polished the inlet. The gain was 5whp. & it measures about 83mm now. However, the edges of the inlet body are almost paper thin. The throttle response is much better & I haven't even retuned it yet. It's pretty easy to do. Just buy a porting kit from Jegs & take your time. You just need to determine how polished you want the inlet to be. Mine looks like a mirror
. Good luck!
I bull nosed the blade, milled down the bolt heads on the shaft, & fully ported & polished the inlet. The gain was 5whp. & it measures about 83mm now. However, the edges of the inlet body are almost paper thin. The throttle response is much better & I haven't even retuned it yet. It's pretty easy to do. Just buy a porting kit from Jegs & take your time. You just need to determine how polished you want the inlet to be. Mine looks like a mirror
. Good luck! also interested in this. Just want to know how easy it is to **** up your first porting? because now im considering buying the porting kit from jegs, but nothing like DIY screw ups...then having to buy new parts for even more $....
We actually sell them cheaper here for members. Here is the link to our sale thread....
https://ls1tech.com/forums/parts-cla...body-sale.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/parts-cla...body-sale.html
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For a TB I would go with a reputable company (There are A LOT of sponsors on here that do TB porting) so that way if you have a problem you know they will take care of it and stand behind their product. I have read way to many horror stories on here from people who buy used TB's or from some random company on E bay because they want to save a few bucks and end up having issues. Just remember if the TB is over-ported the car will not run and idle correctly.
Teching In
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From: Redding, CA
If you know anyone who works at a junk yard have em give you a deal, if you can get two or three just try it out and work up slowly in sanding abrasives, the one in my town i can get any of the ls tb's for a like 20 bucks a pop
