Nissan 370Z Forum - can the throttle bodies be taken off?

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boomboom

11-01-2013 08:19 AM

can the throttle bodies be taken off?

Is it safe to just take these off if I wanted to polish them up?

critical

11-01-2013 08:33 AM

can you take them off? yes

can you polish them? i don't think so. clean maybe but you don't have to remove them to clean the outside

SouthArk370Z

11-01-2013 11:43 AM

You can get them off but it may not be intuitive how to do it. You have to remove the de-icing lines (engine coolant), retrain the TBs once you re-install them, &c. Procedures are in the FSM (see link in my sig) - check 'em out and see if it's something you think you could handle.

SPOHN

11-01-2013 07:33 PM

Yes there easy to remove IMO. They can be polished. Seen lots of tem done this way. Worth it? Probably not.

boomboom

11-01-2013 10:26 PM

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Probably not worth the risk. I can polish them on the car just hard on the ol back. I want them to matchup a little more to the rest of my bay

Alstann

11-02-2013 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by boomboom (Post 2551695)

Probably not worth the risk. I can polish them on the car just hard on the ol back. I want them to matchup a little more to the rest of my bay

Like Spohn said - it's very easy. If you can turn a wrench, you can do it. All you have to do is remove the strut tower bar, remove the intake tubes, and then there are 4 bolts and the two coolant lines holding the throttle bodies. You'll see them no problem once you remove the intake tubing.

boomboom

11-02-2013 08:15 PM

Retraining the TBs are what make me hesitate a little. I will look the procedure up maybe its easier than I think

Alstann

11-03-2013 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by boomboom (Post 2552806)

Retraining the TBs are what make me hesitate a little. I will look the procedure up maybe its easier than I think

I didn't retrain mine. I took them off for 3 months, and took my car apart. I put the TB's back in, and the car fired right up no problem.

gomer_110

11-03-2013 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Alstann (Post 2553343)

I didn't retrain mine. I took them off for 3 months, and took my car apart. I put the TB's back in, and the car fired right up no problem.

Same here. Took them off when I put my m370 intake on and never retrained them after I re-installed them. Not a single problem.

boomboom

11-03-2013 01:46 PM

Hmm ok thats good news then

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