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Got one and love it

158

40.31%

Got one and I wasted my money

3.06%

Dont have one and want one

200

51.02%

Dont have one and dont want one

5.61%

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Sep 28, 2005 | 09:40 PM

#101

msbz_ls1

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how much does Bo Charge to Port a TB?

Sep 28, 2005 | 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BigE

I got one and I like it. Anyone who wants to see the gains on a 100% STOCK LS1 can go to Bo's website. The dyno graph on the front page is from my car.

Is Bo a sponsor? Can I order a ported throttle body from him and, when I get it, just send him my stock one? Thanks in advance for the info.

Oct 4, 2005 | 10:16 PM

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I went through jantzer to get mine, MAN was that a pain in the ***!! Oh well it's all over now, I have my tb and thats all that matters.

Oct 5, 2005 | 05:44 AM

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I am not a sponsor anymore because of work. I piddle on a few here and there to curb my hunger lol.

Oct 6, 2005 | 09:26 PM

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ported my own and I didn't do too well, nuff said

Oct 7, 2005 | 05:10 PM

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i did my own, it was worth it. noticed a little better throttle response. its def a building block type of mod, gets better results as you add mods that improve airflow ie headers cam etc

Oct 7, 2005 | 06:42 PM

#107

S2002S

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I confess

Oct 10, 2005 | 11:20 AM

#108

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Shaner S3 and I noticed the difference immediately.

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Nov 20, 2005 | 12:36 AM

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I just put on my Shaner S3 with an LS6 intake. I haven't gotten on it yet, but I noticed an immediate difference in throttle response and a slightly deeper exhaust note.

Jason

Nov 20, 2005 | 06:25 AM

#110

C5XTASY

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Anyone know what the physical differences are between a Shaner S2 and S3?
Ed

Nov 21, 2005 | 03:26 PM

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The S3 has more porting done then an S1 or S2. Shaner describes the performance differences of each on his website, but just go with an S3 no matter what for the most gains. Type in "shaner throttle body" on Google and you'll find his website probably 2nd down.

Jason

Nov 27, 2005 | 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Bowling

Here is the write-up that I used:
http://www.bowlingss.com/Mods/Instal...%20Porting.mht

Bill

Err.. Is it just the way the pix are taken, or is the throttle blade on the opposite side of the shaft now?

Nov 27, 2005 | 09:07 AM

#113

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One of my first mod's when the car was new.. "Bret Bauer"... Don't even know if he still ports em or not...

Great mod when matched w/ the LS6 intake,cam, etc...

Nov 27, 2005 | 09:39 AM

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Bo White

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Err.. Is it just the way the pix are taken, or is the throttle blade on the opposite side of the shaft now?

No, that is what it looks like after the half shaft mod is done. The front part of the shaft is no longer there.

Nov 27, 2005 | 10:01 AM

#115

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Home ported/epoxied

Nov 28, 2005 | 06:49 AM

#116

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I home ported and epoxyed this weekend. Then I used my predator to reset the TB with an added 2% off of idle to smooth out the cold idle. Crisper throttle response butt dyno agrees but I will have to wait for some real #s!

Nov 29, 2005 | 07:18 PM

#117

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No, that is what it looks like after the half shaft mod is done. The front part of the shaft is no longer there.

Ah, gotcha! I've been staring down too many Holleys, I guess...

Nov 29, 2005 | 07:40 PM

#118

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I ported my own. I chucked it up in th elath at work and machined the bottleneck in front of the throttle blade. I then sandblasted the entire TB inside and out. I have done the 1/2 shaft mod and thinned the throttle blade as well as done the bump stop. Mine is maxed out as far as porting it goes. The sandblasting really tore into the material of the throttle body and made everything smooth and consistent.

Now that the throttle body has a smooth satin finish to it I may paint it red. Im thinking with the uniform satin finish left from the sandblasting that the paint should look slick.

I may go back and polish the inside of the throttle body for looks but its not gonna help flow anymore than what its doing now. Its really slick.

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Nov 29, 2005 | 08:25 PM

#119

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Got mine done at New Era Performance and gotta tell you Mike did a great job. I picked up a full tenth and 2 miles w/same 60' and weather conditions.

Nov 29, 2005 | 09:06 PM

#120

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It would be interesting to flow a TB with the blade/shaft assembly molded into a complete airfoil shape with Devcon or JB Weld. The Cd of a slim airfoil is as low as 0.08, vs. as much as 2.0 for the sqaure edge of the blade and ~1.2 for the cylindrical shaft. This means that if the blade was radiused at the leading edge and knife-edged at the rear and the airfoil was the thickness of the stock shaft, the drag might be less than 10% of stock... Now, if one could be sure that the filler would stay stuck...

Oh yes, one might want to also flow it without the shaft and blade, just to see if it was worth designing a ball valve TB with no obstruction whatsoever..

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