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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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Default Finished Re-P&Ping the TB (new pics)
ok so heres the TB now after i took out some more meat of it etc...
port and polished, bump stop mode, polished spring, etc... cleaned up quite nice.

AFTER AFTER!!! (now)

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not bad for a 17 year old (almost 18) with a dremel, various tips and some polishing compund?
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its been a busy weekend between this and the intake.
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That looks alot better Nice job
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Wow, AFTER AFTER looks really nice
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heres a link i somewhat went off of if anyone else wants to do this maybe.

http://www.live4speed.net/post/porting_tb.pdf
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looks good man ! when i did mine i cut the front part out where the screws go and polished the blade .
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Originally Posted by snake charmer
looks good man ! when i did mine i cut the front part out where the screws go and polished the blade .
yea i thought about it but does it really help much?
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yea i thought about it but does it really help much?
I halved my throttle shaft and knife edged the blade (front and back)....not sure if it really matters too much though. I did it because I was following a DIY guide for P&P TB and that's what they recommended from their guide.
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i did the knife edged blade, i may go back and do the shaft mod as well?
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