RSI throttle bodie

Ok got my throttle bodie today. took about 2 weeks to get. first they had a problem with shiping. Ok it happens, so they sent it next day that was nice of them. So I take of my old one and as I'm comparing the the two of them I notice the shaft ends are different. I called them up and they had sent me the wrong one, this ones for a viper not the truck. ok another mistake, it happens. They say I can just take out the shaft and use my old one one its not thaqt simple and two iI just paid 540 bucks for this thing i shouldn't have to take the wrong pice they sent me and make it a right one but I fugure hey I have a few hours and I dont feel like shipping the one they sent me and my old one back to them because they didn't have a core. Ok now the fun part, first the screws in the shaft needed to be drilled out because the ends were swedged in, then I had to re tap the threads in the shaft then debur it. now that was done I notice the machining on the inside was not as well as it should have been the butterfly was sticking in one corner, so now i had to take it apart and massage the throttle opening with some emery to get rid of their machine marks. so in retro spect I gues I either should have bought the hennensy for a 200 extra dollars or just made one my self because basicly thats what i did. Now they have the balls to charge me an extra 300 dollars if i dont return the core. I am going to try to work things out with this company but if this product and custamer service continues there will be hell to pay. Just wanted you guys to know before you bought anything from them

Ok got my throttle bodie today. took about 2 weeks to get. first they had a problem with shiping. Ok it happens, so they sent it next day that was nice of them. So I take of my old one and as I'm comparing the the two of them I notice the shaft ends are different. I called them up and they had sent me the wrong one, this ones for a viper not the truck. ok another mistake, it happens. They say I can just take out the shaft and use my old one one its not thaqt simple and two iI just paid 540 bucks for this thing i shouldn't have to take the wrong pice they sent me and make it a right one but I fugure hey I have a few hours and I dont feel like shipping the one they sent me and my old one back to them because they didn't have a core. Ok now the fun part, first the screws in the shaft needed to be drilled out because the ends were swedged in, then I had to re tap the threads in the shaft then debur it. now that was done I notice the machining on the inside was not as well as it should have been the butterfly was sticking in one corner, so now i had to take it apart and massage the throttle opening with some emery to get rid of their machine marks. so in retro spect I gues I either should have bought the hennensy for a 200 extra dollars or just made one my self because basicly thats what i did. Now they have the balls to charge me an extra 300 dollars if i dont return the core. I am going to try to work things out with this company but if this product and custamer service continues there will be hell to pay. Just wanted you guys to know before you bought anything from themThanks for the warning mang, but damn that sucks! :mad:

I don't like getting ripped, and I'm sure no one else does either. Is it so much to ask for the existence of reputable company's doing reputable business anymore?

Hope it all works out for you mang.... :(

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thanks for the heads up. Customer service is everything to me, and if a business doesnt have any, they wont get anything from my wallet.


-Red

Christ what a fuggin ordeal!!! :mad: :eek:

I feel you pain.We had to reinvent the wheel on the Hennessey TB when I got it too.Sticking blade and had to smooth out the housing.

Ok now that im done with the ranting and raving I have a question. sincie I have put the TB on my idel has gone up from 750 to just over 1k. I have adjusted the TB all the way down and still no luck. is this due to the computer compinsating. I already have a DC flash in the truck. I'm going to send it in when the SC is installed to get a new flash put in but was wondering if anyone else had this problem.

more than likely you have a leak of air. Your plate evidently is not sealing in the body. I bought one of John H's first TB's. I had to use the bearings and shaft from the stock unit. But the blade did not fit perfectly in the body. Took sone sand papaer and a little time and it fit great. When you buy these throttel bodies they need to tell you this because unless you get one custom made you will have to do this. The bodies are mass produced 20 or so at a time , and another machine shop makes the blades . So they are not a custom fit for every tb. You may even have to adjust the idle screw on the tb. but take the tb off ,shine a light behind it, and sand blade until it has almost no air leaks.


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the blade is binding in one corner, as far as air leaks go i can see light all around the blade. they gave me a TB off a viper instead of a Truck im sure it doesent make a differance when it comes to the TB it self but it does when it comes to the shaft. the viper shaft does not have a place for oure cruze controle cable. so I had to remove the viper shaft and put the truck shaft in now I can see small light all around the blade execpt fot the corner that is binding. Now if i fix the corner Ill have air leak all around the blade. sounds like a top notch company to me. first they send me the wrong part, then they tell me to fix it their mistake, then their TB is too big it seems for the butterfly, and they want to charge me another 300 bucks for a core. :mad:

Yeah bro! belive me is a pain! Take some 220 or 400 actually is better. If you can st it up in a vice, take the blade out do a little sanding where it is binding, then put it back in. If it is binding, then possible if you sand that edge down some it may close better. Take you time, and have a soda and chips because you need patience, take your time and check it often ,you dont want to take off too much. I think the people that are selling these tb's should take them and do this before they send them out, I think everyone would be alot happier. Anyway what your end result should be is a good seal when the blade is closed. the aluminum blade is soft so be careful, if you have a few places with a tad of lite dont worry, it will seal good enough to idle properly. Hope this helps bro!

thanks for all the help bro, will be doing this tonight when I have some free time. thanx for letting me vent lol doing this stuff is a passion and some times it just over flows in a negative way. but it all ends up in a good way when its all said and done. hope to see you out at the Nationals.

Shoot bro, you know I am all about venting! :D Give them hell! Let it out! Because I tell ya bro , it is bull**** that you spend $500 or so dollars, get the wrong one then have to work on it yourself to get it to actually work like it is advertised to do! I think if they are to be sold then they should be tested before sent out. or by god send me some damn money back to pay for having it modified to work properly! let it out man! Vent dude! Have a great day bro! enjoy, I gotta get a vette engine crammed back in its hole :eek:

What is the upside to a new TB anyway....???

I would like to know that , too.Just what is the benefit to a new throttle body ? :confused:

Umm, I'm not authority in this area by no means, but best I can tell is that you can "open up" the throttle body innards in order to improve air flow and increase HP. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here (5-6 ponies me thinks).. :)

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Exactly BD, On the stock TB you have 2 small round throttle blades, on an aftrmarket you get one large oval type blade, a HUGE INCREASE in air flow. On a stock engine I dont think it changes too much, but on forced induction they say it can help up to 15hp or better.

Nowwhat being as you are doing alot of tuning I would love to see how a TB helped or hurt on your application, that could telll us some truths.



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going to SC the truck along with head and a cam. so need as big of a opening as i can get .