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Old Nov 21, 2001 | 02:22 AM
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From: bryan tx usa
Car: 89 Formula 350
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what do you guys know about SPD ?

they have a set up where they can port you plunem runners manifold and throttle body for $179.00

i need a new throttle body and runners and stuff anyway is this a good idea or is this just not going to make any differance?

Thats just better than buying all that stuff new.... what do you guys think.

the web site is http://www.skulte.com/porting.html
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Old Nov 21, 2001 | 07:50 AM
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I've never bought anything from SPD, but Andris has been a friend of mine for several years. Since he's also a mechanical engineer and has developed some great metalworking and fabrication skills, he'll do a good job on the porting.

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Old Nov 21, 2001 | 08:15 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GregWestphal:
I've never bought anything from SPD, but Andris has been a friend of mine for several years. Since he's also a mechanical engineer and has developed some great metalworking and fabrication skills, he'll do a good job on the porting.
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What he said

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Old Nov 21, 2001 | 10:24 AM
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Andris is quite honest. He does his work as a side business to support his twin-turbo car addic..err, hobby. I've met him several times and have known him for going on six years now.

He attended the SAE show this year and is very much a car guy.
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Old Nov 21, 2001 | 10:51 AM
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I had Andrus do the port matching for my 92 a few years back and it definitly made a difference. Now I am not talking ***** type of horsepower. What I am saying is that the car is more responsive and accelerates much smoother. It does pull much harder after 2500rpms. Hope this helps in your decision.

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Old Nov 21, 2001 | 11:42 PM
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Car: 89 Formula 350
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So what you guys are saying is that its not going to make that big of a difference?

I have new cam and crank and stuff and i think all the tpi stuff is holding me back.

but i thought that might be a better answere than buying new runners and throttle body.

cause thier is a huge price difference.
what do you guys think i should do....

all i have is a new block cam and steel crank bigger injectors its ready to do what ever but i dont know what my next mod should be.

I was thinking about headers but i figure i need it to breath more uptop before i need to worry about headers....

what do you guys think?
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Old Nov 22, 2001 | 12:05 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by AudioDEO:
So what you guys are saying is that its not going to make that big of a difference?

I have new cam and crank and stuff and i think all the tpi stuff is holding me back.

but i thought that might be a better answere than buying new runners and throttle body.

cause thier is a huge price difference.
what do you guys think i should do....

all i have is a new block cam and steel crank bigger injectors its ready to do what ever but i dont know what my next mod should be.

I was thinking about headers but i figure i need it to breath more uptop before i need to worry about headers....

what do you guys think?
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The intake is the most restrictive part on a TPI systems. Any ported intake is better than the stock one.

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