Check Out My Throttle Body!

GT4POINT6 · 04-15-2006, 01:28 PM

Just wanted to show you guys what i did last night. I went to a buddys house who powder coats. We powder coated my STOCK throttle body. I think it looks great! What ya'll think?:banana:

*Lances03SVT* · 04-15-2006, 03:38 PM

Look's pretty good!!

csledd · 04-15-2006, 03:46 PM

I'm liking it!! it doesnt make it hold heat though does it? (i dunno much about powdercoating)

GT4POINT6 · 04-15-2006, 03:51 PM

Thanks alot guys. We were just experimenting with a new chrome powder and clear powder. The powder coating shouldnt affect the heat any at all. The pics really dont do it justice actually,, it looks more like a polished aluminum in person,, it is very reflective.

CCM · 04-15-2006, 05:17 PM

That's awesome man, ask him if he wants to do another one.

MattJ · 04-15-2006, 05:27 PM

sweet

matrixpuba · 04-16-2006, 04:31 AM

looks 100% better

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCM

That's awesome man, ask him if he wants to do another one.

ill ask him and see what he says.

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 10:32 AM

The next thing im gonna do is take the alternator apart and do the outer housing. Anyone ever took a mustang alternator apart??

matrixpuba · 04-16-2006, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GT4POINT6

The next thing im gonna do is take the alternator apart and do the outer housing. Anyone ever took a mustang alternator apart??

yea but it was an accident :helpsmili

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 10:44 AM

what u mean accident?? Was it that hard to put back together??

matrixpuba · 04-16-2006, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GT4POINT6

what u mean accident?? Was it that hard to put back together??

i was putting on the udp and i couldnt get the pulley off. i even took off the alt. and still couldnt get the pulley off. then came out the torch and i heated the nut up, put on the impact and still couldnt get it off. so i lost me temper and showed my ignorance and i had to buy a new alt. i had to pay 200 bucks for a new one. i broke the case with a breaker bar. man school was expensive:surrender

cuban3jumper · 04-16-2006, 11:02 AM

I would have done it in black. A black powder coated thottle body and plenum would look awesome.

But that's not to say yours looks just as nice

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matrixpuba

i was putting on the udp and i couldnt get the pulley off. i even took off the alt. and still couldnt get the pulley off. then came out the torch and i heated the nut up, put on the impact and still couldnt get it off. so i lost me temper and showed my ignorance and i had to buy a new alt. i had to pay 200 bucks for a new one. i broke the case with a breaker bar. man school was expensive:surrender

that sucks,, i got a pulley puller at work. i work at the local Pontiac and Kia dealership. (and i drive a mustang). Workin for Kias is job security too :clap:

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 02:51 PM

i just come in from polishing my iac valve. looks alot better. matches my intake much more now. ill post pics later.

:banana:

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 03:18 PM

pics of iac after polishing

matrixpuba · 04-16-2006, 03:22 PM

looks good. how much time do you have in polishing it?

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 03:27 PM

thanks only bout an hour. I cleaned it in a bench grinder with a wire brush,, then hand polished it with mothers aluminum polish about 10 times. I could probally make it look alot better with like a dremel tool with a buffin bit on it. but all i had was rags and my hands. But if you look at it in the pic up top,,, it looks 100times better.

WaterDR · 04-16-2006, 04:20 PM

Does your buddy do brake calipers?

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MT's#1Customer!

Does your buddy do brake calipers?

he does anything that can withstand the heat to cook the powder. No parts with anything attached to them that will melt. So YES deffinitly brake calipers. What color u wantin to do them in?

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 04:34 PM

just a few more pics

First pic is of upper intake after media blasting ready for powder.
Second pic is of throttle body after being powdercoated.
Third pic is of throttle body coming out of oven.

:banana:

GT4POINT6 · 04-16-2006, 04:37 PM

how do i make pics smaller?

tennstang · 04-16-2006, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GT4POINT6

how do i make pics smaller?

grab the "image Resizer" from Microsoft. It's very simple.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

mcmmotorsports · 04-17-2006, 04:45 AM

I would like a new Dragon Plenum in Sonic Blue.

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GT4POINT6 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 41	Thanks alot guys. We were just experimenting with a new chrome powder and clear powder. The powder coating shouldnt affect the heat any at all. The pics really dont do it justice actually,, it looks more like a polished aluminum in person,, it is very reflective.

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GT4POINT6 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 41	thanks only bout an hour. I cleaned it in a bench grinder with a wire brush,, then hand polished it with mothers aluminum polish about 10 times. I could probally make it look alot better with like a dremel tool with a buffin bit on it. but all i had was rags and my hands. But if you look at it in the pic up top,,, it looks 100times better. __________________ 2002 GT 5 speed. Flowmasters, Off Road H

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