ep3 throttle body question

liquidd · Post by **liquidd** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:30 am

ive got a good friend that ports and polishes throttle bodies with really good results on many a car.....he really wants to do mine, but im hearing mixed opinions as to whether or not i should let him touch mine....can i get some input on this one?? he typically works on american muscle cars, but has experience with some imported sport compact cars but NO hondas......he has explained to me in detail why it is no different than any other throttle body, but i have heard that honda has that down to the T.....what do you all think.....??

Spork · Post by **Spork** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:32 am

absolutely no point in doing it on a stock/close to stock motor.

liquidd · Post by **liquidd** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:22 am

he, and everyone i met whos car he has done it to(that were stock OR I/E and nothing more) claimed to have felt decent gains ---focus svt, audi quattro, mustang-duh-, eagle talon n/a-----etc...........what i want to know is, will it hurt, or impede my vehicle or its performance? i just keep hearing that honda is different..........i want to know why....

oh and i emailed maxbore, and have yet to get a response......

Post by **stolle** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:50 pm

liquidd;68815 wrote:he, and everyone i met whos car he has done it to(that were stock OR I/E and nothing more) claimed to have felt decent gains ---focus svt, audi quattro, mustang-duh-, eagle talon n/a-----etc...........what i want to know is, will it hurt, or impede my vehicle or its performance? i just keep hearing that honda is different..........i want to know why....

oh and i emailed maxbore, and have yet to get a response......

i wouldnt do it whats the point? why would you want to increase the inlet while not increasing the outlet? if you had a header and exhaust maybe. otherwise its just time an energy that could be put towards something else...

tyler7 · Post by **tyler7** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:22 pm

if he can get the maifold port mached then you can test it out on car. if i was you get a race header, a cold air and a heat shield gasket and your set.

liquidd · Post by **liquidd** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:26 pm

tyler7;69134 wrote:if he can get the maifold port mached then you can test it out on car. if i was you get a race header, a cold air and a heat shield gasket and your set.

yep....he would be port matching the IM....and knife edging the blade in the TB....

tyler7 · Post by **tyler7** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:35 pm

cool, where is he located and how much does he charge. iv been wanting to do this for a long time and i also got mixed answers about it so im just going to do it.

liquidd · Post by **liquidd** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:34 pm

he is located here in st. louis near me....he is doing it for free for me(if i decide to go for it), but ill ask him what he charges....what do you drive?

tyler7 · Post by **tyler7** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:38 pm

cool thanks man, i drive the same as you but an 02. i got race header magnaflow exaust (bad combo) costom cold air, heat sheild gasket and a
p2r intake power plenum from corsports, dont know if it did any thing though.

liquidd · Post by **liquidd** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:58 am

i called him.....hes out of town on business.....his g/f said she'll have him call me tonight or tomorrow when she talks to him, so ill def get back with you on that..............why is the race header and magnaflow a bad combo?? not much power/sounds bad...or something else?----also when you say heat shield gasket, are you talking intake manifold??? if so, did you notice the potential 5% gain that is claimed?