MM......you should get the wife to do your fingernails......for these pictures you're posting. LOL! Better yet......don't!

 

Wife was raised in Hesperia. Has a grandfather in Henderson N.V.

 

Car is back together and running great. It did about 60 miles today. Big numbers, I know.

 

Got some indoor toys... new, so I can play with them indoors. 😁 Guess we know where this is going...

 

66mm intake v.s. 70mm throttle body.... easy fix!

Now, where is that Fel-Pro intake to head gasket...

 

Nit picking


Why would a shop do a great job of the TB and then cheap out on the butterfly shaft fasteners. i
I mean talk about sticking up and into the airflow…

Sorry I do my own TBs and attention to details , everything counts..

 

I agree... also the screws were not punched or loctited. 😬 Heck, not even real-world tight... ahem... in my opinion.

I am going to search for tapered head screws tomorrow and cut them to length when done. All I have done so far is trim some un-needed features from the outside of it. Like the coolant pass-through.

Don't worry... I hold these parts in my hands at night watching t.v. scrutinizing the crap out of them in dead silence. 😆

 

No I get it.... most would never notice but it sure is bad if a customer like you makes comment on the WWW about the workmen ship.

This is my work. Bored and fabricated CNC one off parts all from a stock TB for my Mazda. Oh including the PIA angled edged throttle plate which almost none does because of PIA to cut the throttle plate correctly .

 

Here is a better one, without the plate.

 

Oh, you did 6*-12*. I was thinking of trimming the trailing edges of the plate. Factory there is an audible turbulence noise as the throttle is first cracked.

If it turns out too big, I might be cutting out a cam shaped throttle cable guide. 😎

Those two map sensor ports at the top stopped me from attacking the plate edge angle.