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  1. Ported WRX Throttle Body Final Assembly

    After changing oil and transmission fluid on my daily driver I still had a little energy left and decided to assemble my new ported throttle body.

    I had previously sent the throttle body out to Grimmspeed to have it coated and ported. It came back dissasembled, cleaned and looking sharp. The charge for the service was $130 and seems very reasonable.

    My first stop was to Ace to get replacement hardware in stainless to replace all the soft sensor screws and the ...
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  2. Stockpiling Parts

    I've started the process of getting all my aftermarket parts together that I will be adding to the build. My kit wont be ready until August 14th so I should have time to get my ducks in a row.

    Friday my grimmspeed ported intake and knife edged throttle body arrived. they took a lot of material out of the runners so i'm excited to see how it mates up with my TGVs.

    I had hoped they would have taken more (any) material out of the main body of the intake, at least ...
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