Thread: Ported and Painted Throttle Body

This is my latest work.

nice. You did the port work and the paint work?

very nice work!

Sweet...

Originally Posted by TyroElite

nice. You did the port work and the paint work?

Yep,

What kind of tools did you use to port it?

Originally Posted by rynoman03

What kind of tools did you use to port it?

grinder, carbide bits, sanding drums, for the majority. Clean it up with my dremel, and finish it off by wet sanding it with various grits of sand paper. Epoxy work is done on the interior as well.

hawt

Originally Posted by RNUOVR

did you change the butterfly to a 72mm on also or is it the stock 69 mm size? if you did change it mind if I ask where you got hte 72 mm blade from? It looks really good & it's giving me a few ideas for the stock TB sitting in my basement

no I did not change the butterfly. I just taper the inside up to it.

Originally Posted by 38special

what all you done to the tb before painting it? i want to paint mine too, but not sure if i need to sand or prime it.

I took everything off that I could, and took a wire brush to it to clean off as much of the oxidation as possible. I then actually cleaned it in my sink with dawn dish soap, it will take the grease out of your way lol. Once its dried I started with some light coats to build a good base from, and kept going from there. The paint is very thick on there almost like glass. Once I was satisfied with the paint, I gave it three coats of clear coating. I also clear coated the exterior of the sensors for the deep black look.