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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 06:55 PM
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i heard the throttle body inserts make a good difference does anyone has this mod??
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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Spend the money to get it ported.
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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so its not worth it?
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I cant say if its worth it or not but they've been around for years and I've never seen one ran before. So that tells me no.

Port it
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how can i port out my own throttle body?
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 08:07 PM
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Your better off just throwing your money directly in the garbage.
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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send it to me and ill port it for u
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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how can i port out my own throttle body?
Send it to shaner. He's in Texas. Just google shaner throttle body.
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or you can save money and go get some coarse grit sand paper and do it yourself... if you have a dremel get some of those sanding drums..
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You'd have some sore *** fingers if you sanded the whole thing.

I knocked down the major part and sanded with some 220 to make it nice and smooth and my fingers were done for.
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who doesnt get sore *** fingers when you do anything involving working with your hands? its good to have air tool/dremel but if ya dont you gotta make do...
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