Kev.O Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Is that polished or chromed? Chromed, cost me a fortune aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Its unbelievable the quality of workmanship thats gone into the t/b You cant weld billet to cast was apparently the reason for the awfull welding lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Dunk will tell you that the picture makes it looks 100% better than it actually is Cant argue there F- for effort, ability, skill, but A+ for bullshit and rubbish quality work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I took a couple of pics of kevs chromed t/b and its not very nice on the inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Thats shocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 It's hard to take a picture of it isn't it Dunk. They always make it look better than it actually is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 It's hard to take a picture of it isn't it Dunk. They always make it look better than it actually is. Yes mate, i kept deleting them and trying again, the throttle body is a joke, i've taken it apart today and its f***ed, i've taken pics as i stripped it so will send to you for referance. I've also stripped the polished t/b and done a little bit of machining spoke to my brother and were going to look into making some custom throttle bodies and see if its viable to do for not silly money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Jenvey make various size single throttle bodies, I am incorporating a 65 mm one in my custom plenum for this turbo 1.6 4A-GE engine I'm doing. I think 70 mm is the biggest they list though. There must be a ready source of big single bodies form Yank engines though, I think the later Chevy V8's ran big single bodies, and they'll be well made. There is a BIG downside to having a huge butterfly though, as off idle and cruise modulation goes to hell, as just a tiny bit of accelerator movement gives a massive air flow increase, with a tiny TP movement. If you REALLY NEED that much air flow multiple bodies are best, or a sequential throttle body set up like on an FD RX-7 plenum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Some more as i stripped the t/b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Jenvey make various size single throttle bodies, I am incorporating a 65 mm one in my custom plenum for this turbo 1.6 4A-GE engine I'm doing. I think 70 mm is the biggest they list though. There must be a ready source of big single bodies form Yank engines though, I think the later Chevy V8's ran big single bodies, and they'll be well made. There is a BIG downside to having a huge butterfly though, as off idle and cruise modulation goes to hell, as just a tiny bit of accelerator movement gives a massive air flow increase, with a tiny TP movement. If you REALLY NEED that much air flow multiple bodies are best, or a sequential throttle body set up like on an FD RX-7 plenum. The only reason Dunk and I were looking at after market T/B's Chris, is because the stock one I have needs so much removed now that I'm no longer using the stock traction control, and the cast doesn't really look very nice. I don't think I'm going to bother with a larger butterfly. Plus I also want to be able to use my cruise control, which most after market T/B's don't allow for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 The only reason Dunk and I were looking at after market T/B's Chris, is because the stock one I have needs so much removed now that I'm no longer using the stock traction control, and the cast doesn't really look very nice. I don't think I'm going to bother with a larger butterfly. Plus I also want to be able to use my cruise control, which most after market T/B's don't allow for. The polished one ive got kev will be fine as long as we leave it unchromed, while your on your hols it'll be sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 OK, I see why you fancy something different from the stock one now. Billet would be far cheaper than having something cast. A run of say a dozen, CNC'd should make the price a bit more bearable, but I can still see them being bloody dear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 OK, I see why you fancy something different from the stock one now. Billet would be far cheaper than having something cast. A run of say a dozen, CNC'd should make the price a bit more bearable, but I can still see them being bloody dear! Im looking into costing for doing 10, hopefully as we can do everything in house we can keep the cost down and use my car as the test bed. It'll basicly be a billet copy of the stock t/b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Im looking into costing for doing 10, hopefully as we can do everything in house we can keep the cost down and use my car as the test bed. It'll basicly be a billet copy of the stock t/b I'd definately be interested in one of these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Kev, speak with these people http://www.active-technologies.co.uk/ They make lots of different sized throttle bodies and will also produce an adapter to mate it up to the stock intake. I was chatting to them at Autosport about a 2JZ-GTE multi throttle adapter, much like the skyine setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Thanks Wez, I'll have to get in contact with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Kev i've nearly finished prepping your t/b ready to go to the polishers, heres some pics with the mods you wanted doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Wow nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Kev i've nearly finished prepping your t/b ready to go to the polishers, heres some pics with the mods you wanted doing. just out of interest - what would something similar cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) Wow nice work Thanks Wez Afraid theres a still few holes in the original t/b casting that i need to get out but they will require a bit of welding and linishing before the polisher gets it. Edited February 5, 2009 by Dnk (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 just out of interest - what would something similar cost? I've done this to help Kev out so not really costed it as a paying job and fitted it in between other stuff im doing, i guess you'd be looking at about a day's work non stop, maybe a bit more dependant on how nice the t/b casting is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Just collected the t/b from the polisher so thought i'd pop a couple of pics up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 The difference appears to be night and day. Looking forward to picking this up. Great work Dunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 The difference appears to be night and day. Looking forward to picking this up. Great work Dunk See you Thursday lunchtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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