best throttle body
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Teching In
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From: mt.prospect IL
best throttle body i want to get a good one and i was thinking about bauer or tpis i want one that won't stick or dump coolant everywhere like i hear the bbk does, my mods are in my sig
Any opinions?
Any opinions?
Launching!
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From: Rochester, NY
Re: best throttle body I have a Bauer ported TB, works just fine. As for the coolant, you can do a by-pass. just disconnect the in and out coolant lines from the TB, and with a connector join them together. This will remove all coolant from the TB. Its there to keep ice from forming on the butterfly in the winter. So if you don't drive your car in the cold, you will not have any problems doing this mod. I believe some of our sponsers sell a by-pass kit for about $10-$15. Or you can goto the hardware store and buy a straight hose connector and do it your self.
good luck
DKL
good luck
DKL
Re: best throttle body go with Bauer...the only complaint I have was that it took longer than I anticipated, but he said he had a death in the family and that is a good reason to me to be behind a little. I have only had mine on my car for a few days now, but no problems what so ever. Going to the track this weekend to see how it does.
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Re: best throttle body i just got done doing it myself it's not hard at all just get a dremel, 400 and 600 grit sandpaper and go to town. but if i was to buy one i'd get the bauer
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From: tega cay, SC
Re: best throttle body how bought the shaner throttle bodies. i don't even know if he's around anymore, but back when i got mine he was the guy to goto to get your tb done up. he opoxied those 2 holes closed and everything. really nice piece of work. wish i had a pic.
Re: best throttle body I'm going to get yelled at but...I really like the BBK.... 
All the "constant" mechanical problems people tell you about...I say...BULL SH*T.....
like anything mass produced, one does get through now and then that has the butterfly a little tight in the bore but a piece of 250 grit sand paper and a little time will make it work perfect...
I have had my BBK on my car for going on 2 years now and have NEVER had a problem with it..NEVER...
You will get a whistle sound when you first install it, but the cure is to take some sand paper and radius the edge of the intake a bit. The air is comming it the larger TB and hitting the slightly smaller edge of the intake, causeing it to tumble. With the edge smoothed, there is almost no whistle.
The idle problems people have are that they are too stupid to look at the butterfly and notice that there are no idle holes drilled.
BBK leaves it undrilled so you can set it to your requirements. Just hook up AutoTap and start drilling (one number drill at a time) untill your IAC count gets into the 30s.
It costs about 3 times as much but it is a much havier duty piece and it is actually larger in ID. The butterfly is a slug of brass and the houseing is a solid block of cast aluminum.
To date, I have yet to see any back to back tests with the BBK vs. a ported stock unit but to me it was worth the money.
Chris
All the "constant" mechanical problems people tell you about...I say...BULL SH*T.....
like anything mass produced, one does get through now and then that has the butterfly a little tight in the bore but a piece of 250 grit sand paper and a little time will make it work perfect...
I have had my BBK on my car for going on 2 years now and have NEVER had a problem with it..NEVER...
You will get a whistle sound when you first install it, but the cure is to take some sand paper and radius the edge of the intake a bit. The air is comming it the larger TB and hitting the slightly smaller edge of the intake, causeing it to tumble. With the edge smoothed, there is almost no whistle.
The idle problems people have are that they are too stupid to look at the butterfly and notice that there are no idle holes drilled.
BBK leaves it undrilled so you can set it to your requirements. Just hook up AutoTap and start drilling (one number drill at a time) untill your IAC count gets into the 30s.It costs about 3 times as much but it is a much havier duty piece and it is actually larger in ID. The butterfly is a slug of brass and the houseing is a solid block of cast aluminum.
To date, I have yet to see any back to back tests with the BBK vs. a ported stock unit but to me it was worth the money.
Chris
