does 64mm throttle body needs intake manifold inlet to be bored to same size?
07-08-2016, 10:30 AM
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Essentially, yes. We view the Skunk2 as a "throttle body kit". A starting point.
Between myself and a few other vendors, Skunk2 has been thoroughly informed of each concern in detail going back about 4 years. They just don't care. Thus why we are working on our own TB for 2017.
Between myself and a few other vendors, Skunk2 has been thoroughly informed of each concern in detail going back about 4 years. They just don't care. Thus why we are working on our own TB for 2017.
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07-12-2016, 04:16 PM
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Is there a gasket on top and on the bottom of that idle valve adapter plate thing? Mine was for an NB so the idle valve adapter is set up a bit differently so I'm probably no help, sorry. I know the NB one goes together like a puzzle designed by the Mad Hatter with no instructions.
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07-12-2016, 04:36 PM
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Is there a gasket on top and on the bottom of that idle valve adapter plate thing? Mine was for an NB so the idle valve adapter is set up a bit differently so I'm probably no help, sorry. I know the NB one goes together like a puzzle designed by the Mad Hatter with no instructions.
Haha
Thanks buddy. I'll put it down to a long day
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07-12-2016, 04:54 PM
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I'm sure someone has done before and after but I can't find it at the moment. For us, TB is more about reliability than any serious gains. A $325 throttle body is cheap insurance to protect a $2000+ built motor. These engines tend to make more power when they are not trying to compress fragments of the throttle shaft or the butterfly screws 
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07-12-2016, 05:03 PM
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Ok, now go make a intro thread: Meet and Greet - Miata Turbo Forum -Boost cars, acquire cats.
Tell us about your car, your self, your mechanical abilities, your cat, your goals, etc. We tend to respond well to visual stimulus so post lots of pics.
...and follow it up with a build thread: Build Threads - Miata Turbo Forum -Boost cars, acquire cats.
Again with the pics, everyone loves pics.
Tell us about your car, your self, your mechanical abilities, your cat, your goals, etc. We tend to respond well to visual stimulus so post lots of pics.
...and follow it up with a build thread: Build Threads - Miata Turbo Forum -Boost cars, acquire cats.
Again with the pics, everyone loves pics.
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07-12-2016, 05:05 PM
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Ok, now go make a intro thread: Meet and Greet - Miata Turbo Forum -Boost cars, acquire cats.
Tell us about your car, your self, your mechanical abilities, your cat, your goals, etc. We tend to respond well to visual stimulus so post lots of pics.
...and follow it up with a build thread: Build Threads - Miata Turbo Forum -Boost cars, acquire cats.
Again with the pics, everyone loves pics.
Tell us about your car, your self, your mechanical abilities, your cat, your goals, etc. We tend to respond well to visual stimulus so post lots of pics.
...and follow it up with a build thread: Build Threads - Miata Turbo Forum -Boost cars, acquire cats.
Again with the pics, everyone loves pics.
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07-13-2016, 12:07 PM
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The epoxy is kind of a band-aid. When I worked with a certain race team that fielded 4 Miatas in a certain endurance race, 3 of the engines had Skunk2 TBs and one had an epoxied stocker. I'll let you guess which car went out on a mechanical and what the root cause of that mechanical might have been.
Hell, if you want more evidence, you need look no further than here: https://www.miataturbo.net/prefabbed...e-wheel-81058/ and the title of his new build thread is... https://www.miataturbo.net/build-thr...rebuild-81161/
Hell, if you want more evidence, you need look no further than here: https://www.miataturbo.net/prefabbed...e-wheel-81058/ and the title of his new build thread is... https://www.miataturbo.net/build-thr...rebuild-81161/
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07-13-2016, 12:49 PM
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I'm also a not so proud member of the throttle body ingestion club. Its typically not the screw backing out that is initial problem, its the throttle shaft cracking at the screw hole. Then the screw comes free. Mine was expoy'd to the shaft and still made it into the intake manifold and #3 cylinder. I was lucky that it was a through-and-through and no major damage was done. If you don't want to pull your intake manifold, just install the Skunk2 TB without porting.
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07-13-2016, 02:05 PM
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Don't you have a squaretop on that BP6D? All you have to do is pull the top half of the manifold. Quit yer bitchin' it'll take you like 15min
Besides, you don't actually have to port it at all. Some of us just have that level of OCD.
Besides, you don't actually have to port it at all. Some of us just have that level of OCD.
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07-13-2016, 02:09 PM
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