Polished throttle body

john_trickle · Post by **john_trickle** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:06 am

I did this today polished my throttle body took all day but worth the effort tell me what you think.

this is the throttle body on.

Slammed · Post by **Slammed** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:28 am

NICE!!! How did you do it and with what ?

john_trickle · Post by **john_trickle** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:31 am

Slammed wrote:NICE!!! How did you do it and with what ?

400 grit sandpaper then 800grit,then 1500 grit and last 2000 grit then the cutting compound and my little dremel machine works like a charm my fingers are so saw from sanding.

tallkid · Post by **tallkid** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:25 am

did it do anything as far as performance? i'm sure it did...but was it noticeable?

john_trickle · Post by **john_trickle** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:50 am

I havent installed it yet as im waiting to get the car back from the painters i bought a spare throttle body to play with and now i have polished it i want to get it on the car and see the diffrence ill let you know the outcome shortly.
john

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:36 pm

very nice,
if anyone is looking for a spare tb, I have one for sale on ebay right now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0112946821

I did a port & polish of the inside of my TB and noticed a small gain...

john_trickle · Post by **john_trickle** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:30 am

I installed the Polished throttle body today and extremely happy with the results ive noticed dramitic change to what it was previous i felt more HP and better idling i recommend this mod.

John

Rodd1s · Post by **Rodd1s** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:32 am

wow! looks great.

TnastyII · Post by **TnastyII** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:23 pm

i also did this. but not to the extent that john did his. i also noticed a small difference

mezomaster · Post by **mezomaster** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:07 pm

did u use any lubricantion while u was sanding? or only sanding is enough without any lubrication while the process?? no WD40 as an example?

john_trickle · Post by **john_trickle** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:30 pm

mezomaster wrote:did u use any lubricantion while u was sanding? or only sanding is enough without any lubrication while the process?? no WD40 as an example?

I used a little dish liqid which worked fine i did use wd40 at one stage but it was a little to lubricated for me.
john

mezomaster · Post by **mezomaster** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:57 am

and when u used the dremel machine, it could reach the corners and small areas which is already hard to reach with fingers and sandpaper?

john_trickle · Post by **john_trickle** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:42 am

mezomaster wrote:and when u used the dremel machine, it could reach the corners and small areas which is already hard to reach with fingers and sandpaper?

Thats correct i used some small buffers on the dremal and a few pointie ones which worked quite well.
john

john_trickle · Post by **john_trickle** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:09 am

mezomaster wrote:and when u used the dremel machine, it could reach the corners and small areas which is already hard to reach with fingers and sandpaper?

this is the throttle on,

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:13 am

looks sexy

on a side note: get bosch injectors.

MMamdouh