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Old 10-31-2013, 09:17 AM
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What exactly is a forged throttle body??
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Old 10-31-2013, 11:41 AM
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Umm... bullshit comes to mind.
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Im curious to know as well lol
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If you mean billet...solid block of forged metal. So a throttle body is cut from the above mentioned
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Tb's are usually made of aluminum
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Someone must be selling forged TB's to go along with a forged shortblock lol
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Much stronger than a cast throttle body, so it can stand up to high boost or nitrous better. Lol, where did you see this?re you arent referring to a Forge Motorsport throttle body?
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