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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 01:07 PM
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im wantin to buy and put in a P&P TB in my WS6, so i was wondering how hard that is, it doesnt seem very hard, but are there sensors or anything that may get messed up, b/c a buddy of mine has a BIG issue with his sensors in general on his car thanks guys

P.S. anyone w/ a P&P TB for sale shoot me a PM
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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If it's a stock P&P unit like from TSP it a matter of detatching the throttle cable, the TPS, the other little wire harness on it etc etc, then unscrewing it, and you may as well do the TB bypass while you are at it.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 01:13 PM
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As for the sensors, obviously make sure the keys arent in it or anything, you could even detach the battery cable to make sure it doesn't detect that you detached anything. Can't hurt you know.
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 01:33 PM
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how do do TB bypass and how difficult? not exactly sure what it is.....
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Old Sep 9, 2006 | 01:39 PM
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http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...sity/index.htm look under install documents and it has both the TB install and the TB bypass.
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 09:01 AM
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Easy stuff, archives have plenty of info. on this.
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ive heard that you gain 5 hp or so from a TB bypass, but (this is no ****) i heard some1 say that you actually lose performance in the 1/4 mile, so is that BS or what?
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Old Sep 10, 2006 | 12:54 PM
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how would you lose performance and gain horsepower? this doesnt make sense, the only application in which a gain of horsepower would hinder performance would be a gain of so much that your tires wont stop spinning...
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The only problem you might run into is if the TB is from a different year, the TB shaft might be smaller/larger. If thats the case all you have to do is change the shaft.
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Originally Posted by Mustang5.Ohater
The only problem you might run into is if the TB is from a different year, the TB shaft might be smaller/larger. If thats the case all you have to do is change the shaft.

How would I go about doing this? My freind lent my his old tb and after having it ported I realized it wouldn't work. Got it on the car and wondered why the plate wasn't closing all the way. Touche tb.
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