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Offline axewielder

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Re: Ported throttle body
« Reply #10 on: 29 September 2009, 09:58 »
dremel sanding drums + flap sanding drum things work best, there are threads on vortex aboot it

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Re: Ported throttle body
« Reply #11 on: 29 September 2009, 10:00 »
yeah found that vwvortex thread and looked like a nice easy job, is it true that you can hairline fracture the tb if you go at it too long because it gets hot?

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Re: Ported throttle body
« Reply #12 on: 29 September 2009, 10:52 »
poss but i doubt its easy to get it that hot, just dont use blunt/worn cutters/sanders for ages+ shouldnt get hot atall, i left the 4(ish) mm around butterfly so as not to affect idle but brought the humps+ sharp edges right down, havent bothered polishing it just left with a fine sanded finish for now

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Re: Ported throttle body
« Reply #13 on: 29 September 2009, 15:44 »
can someone post up the diy link?
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Re: Ported throttle body
« Reply #15 on: 29 September 2009, 19:06 »
Save yourself the agro and use carbide burr's to remove the material.
cuts like a knife through butter sh!t hot finish no heating of surface and no abrasive material everywhere to clean up/out of TB.
Takes less than a couple of minutes but a steady hand is required :smiley:

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Re: Ported throttle body
« Reply #16 on: 29 September 2009, 19:40 »
Is this actually called porting?

As i believe porting to be when u make the ports in the head bigger?

Isnt this a "flowed" tb?

Or am i barking up the wrong tree? lol

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Re: Ported throttle body
« Reply #17 on: 29 September 2009, 20:38 »
Is this actually called porting?

As i believe porting to be when u make the ports in the head bigger?

Isnt this a "flowed" tb?

Or am i barking up the wrong tree? lol

You are probably right, its a generic term used in error me thinks
By doing this you are improving the flow and increasing the area.
But when you enlarge and port a valve seat you are doing a similar action
I suppose the porting is the re shaping of the area around the valve seat
which improves the flow of pre and post combustion vapour/gas  :undecided:
I use the term for matching gaskets and flanges removing webs improving lead ins/outs throttle bodies etc etc

In essence yeah you are right :smiley:

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Re: Ported throttle body
« Reply #18 on: 29 September 2009, 20:51 »
The Mikester is right!  :shocked:

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Re: Ported throttle body
« Reply #19 on: 29 September 2009, 21:05 »
im never normally that pedantic, im ever so sorry! lol