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Gadget man groove for throttle bodies?

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Old 02-06-2012, 10:19 PM
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Gadget man groove for throttle bodies?

Just wonder if any one here has seen this mod on you tube or tried it to see if the claims are true??
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Re: Gadget man groove for throttle bodies?

Watched all the freaking video on you tube! A lot of feel good happy customer! a few other fourm a couple of guys tried this mod with what the say was a seat of the pants emprovement which everone seem to like! I found one dyno run and the improved smog testing number! Was hope to find some science on air flow and pressure wave info to better understand this design!
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Re: Gadget man groove for throttle bodies?

Interesting, but you posted about a fuel injected mod in the carburetor section of TGO? Might ask a Mod about moving it to TBI/TPI/LT/LS section.

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Re: Gadget man groove for throttle bodies?

Yes I did but it turn out it works on carb also! just looking for some imput data that proves or dispoves this concept.
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Re: Gadget man groove for throttle bodies?

$350 to cut a groove with a Dremel? You could buy a lot of Tornados for that.
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Re: Gadget man groove for throttle bodies?

LOL! yeah this guy has been up and running for two year and not giving out any data has dealers set up across the country doing this mod. I just look for a little data saying it works! Is that to much to ask for! 700-1000 happy customer going great still where the data before I fork of any money on snake oil!
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