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So, I'm looking for a 70mm throttle body...

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wythors

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...for the original Cobra intake that I picked up for my wife's "new" 93. In searching around I found that TFS sells a throttle body that is about $100 less than an Accufab or Edelbrock. I am a big believer in "you get what you pay for", but a lot of stuff on their site is touted as being made in the USA. To make sure, I sent them an email asking simply "where is this throttle body made"? A couple of days later, I got this response from "Ed":

Hello

Well all I can say is we don't manufacture the throttle body and it is proprietary information were it is made. I can say that it does not state made in the USA on the throttle body.

Hope this helps.


Proprietary information? The country of origin has to be on the package by Federal law.

Translation:

Hello

I don't know and I'm too frickin lazy to get up from my desk and go pull the part off the shelf. I really don't care if you buy it anyway.

Hope this helps, now let me get back to Facebook.


Guess I'm buying the Accufab.
 

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Should have emailed Summit, they probably would have given you a decent answer, and responded in 20 minutes, not two days.
 

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PM sent to you.
 

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i got a 65mm accufab used from a guy a know and stuck it on my cobra intake, not had any problems other than the small tube on the top of the TB will sometimes come out. Its not welded in so Im guessing that its sposta.
 

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You could always spring for the BBK 70mm throttle body like I did on my 91 notch and WHISTLE down the road obnoxiously...
 
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i have a 70mm Edelbrock i am not using i got a 75mm bbk for free so if u need it.
 

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1991notchbackLX said:
You could always spring for the BBK 70mm throttle body like I did on my 91 notch and WHISTLE down the road obnoxiously...
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Been there, done that!
 

90lxcoupe

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You will not be dissapointed with the Accufab. That response from Trick Flow is pretty sad...

"Proprietary information" so basically, to me, thats saying that the throttle body isnt made in the USA. The consumer deserves to know where a product is made that he/she is spending hard earned money on.
 

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1991notchbackLX said:
You could always spring for the BBK 70mm throttle body like I did on my 91 notch and WHISTLE down the road obnoxiously...
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My 70mm Edelbrock on my 90 does that too.
 

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what exactly is whistling on the bbk? i though it was my gutted smog pump
 

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I thought you could get rid of the whistle by shaving down the tube opening on the inside?
 

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I swear there even used to be a tech article on BBK's website that outlined how to get one of their throttle bodies to shop whistling. Now I can't find it.

IIRC, it's just grinding down the sharp edges on the IAC ports and the EGR port.

EDIT: Found it.

http://www.bbkperformance.com/installation_faqs.php?ihk=1
 

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go with the accufab i love mine!!!
 

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NikwoaC said:
I swear there even used to be a tech article on BBK's website that outlined how to get one of their throttle bodies to shop whistling. Now I can't find it.

IIRC, it's just grinding down the sharp edges on the IAC ports and the EGR port.

EDIT: Found it.

BBK: Installation Instructions
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I'm a big fan of accufab, the one thing i don't like is that they only come polished, doesn't always match the rest of the engine bay.
 

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BIG for buying American made.

I think more and more, people are starting to notice that "MADE IN CHINA" is better translated into "CHEAP JUNK THAT ISN'T WORTH THE CHEAP PRICE YOU PAY FOR IT". If more people would come to this conclusion and stop buying everything with a credit card and using a second mortgage to pay for the credit card debt, our economy will soar.

Accufab makes OEM look like aftermarket. Need to get another one.
 
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bad idling problems

91 gt fox body. 302 with the following... e303 cam gt40 up&low intake. cone breather. aod trans with shift kit. so far ive replaced the computer, swapped the mass air and the tps and this has not helped so i set my base idle and adjusted the tps... still no change. Put it on solis scanner andgot 2 codes, mass air and FMEM code. im out of ideas and looking for suggestions please and thanks!
 
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