Several years ago I bought a ported throttle body from this gentleman.
http://www.throttlebodys.com/Hotair Buick.htm
He did great work, however he did not use loctite on the butterfly screws on mine. Today one of the screws worked free and mangled the compressor of my TA-63 turbo.
If you have one of these throttle bodies, I would STRONGLY suggest you check to make sure they are tight and not easily loosened. If they aren't tight, take them out and use some loctite and put them back in to make sure they don't work their way free.
Luckily there's no evidence that my motor was harmed, just ate a lot of compressor wheel that was turned to dust.
I'm glad I didn't sell my old TA-49 turbo, looks like I'll switch to it while I find someone to replace the compressor wheel on the TA-63. Pat (SloGN) and Clint (Sydwyndr) took pictures of the damage, so maybe they'll post pictures the carnage.
http://www.throttlebodys.com/Hotair Buick.htm
He did great work, however he did not use loctite on the butterfly screws on mine. Today one of the screws worked free and mangled the compressor of my TA-63 turbo.
If you have one of these throttle bodies, I would STRONGLY suggest you check to make sure they are tight and not easily loosened. If they aren't tight, take them out and use some loctite and put them back in to make sure they don't work their way free.
Luckily there's no evidence that my motor was harmed, just ate a lot of compressor wheel that was turned to dust.
I'm glad I didn't sell my old TA-49 turbo, looks like I'll switch to it while I find someone to replace the compressor wheel on the TA-63. Pat (SloGN) and Clint (Sydwyndr) took pictures of the damage, so maybe they'll post pictures the carnage.