Z28avalanche

Any one bought one of these off ebay? I don't know wich one to get. LT1, corvette, or Z28. Throttle Body Plate Z28 Corvette LT1

Bud M

How about a link? We aren't mind readers

redcamaroz28

I got this one years and years ago off ebay:


Disregard the cheezy wire looms, I was in high school at the time and didn't know what I was thinking

Counted Out

Without a link it's hard to understand your question. My guess is that they will all fit, you just have to pick the one you like the best. It isn't a performance piece so don't worry about that, buy the one that looks the best to you.

Z28avalanche

I thought I put the link sorry, i'll get it

Z28avalanche

Here they are has anyone switched there's out? I'm undecided which one to get, what do you guys think? Thanks.

LT1 plate

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...EF:MOTORS:1123

Z28 plate

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TPI-T...Q5fAccessories

Corvette plate

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TPI-T...Q5fAccessories

Bud M

I replaced mine with an MBA plate years ago. The pricing on these is much better. I'd go with the Z28 or bowtie.

Mikes 1994 z28

I replace mine with one off ebay and have been happy. This is the one I bought. It is very high quality. Just remember that aluminum is a much greater heat conductor compared to plastic. These plates will remain hot much longer then the plastic part you remove. Im not sure how this effects throttle body heat but it might raise temps somewhat. But it does look cool as hell!

Z28avalanche

What is MBA? Do you have to change the gasket or can you use the old one?
THanks

BlackBird97

MBA is an out of business company called Mallory Billet Aluminum. They used to make allot or really nice dress up items for under the hood. I believe you can re-use the old gasket.

Z28avalanche

Oh yeah I heard of them. So is there much difference in the heat with the billet one vs. the OEM plastic one? I don't want it if its going to make my TB noticably hotter.
Thanks

camaronutt

I made my own at work. Reused the old gasket without a problem. I guess bein a machinist has it's perks.....not really. I sold a few on ebay a few years ago.

The aluminum does get a bit hotter. Can't say how much tho. Need an infrared thermometer.

Mikes 1994 z28

You can use the stock rubber gasket that comes under the plastic one. Although I reused mine for the time being, im going to replace it soon as the the gasket is getting kind of streched and worn from having 103k

Heat wasn't much of a concern of mine since I switched to a 160t and manual fan switch.

Bud M

Heat is not an issue - the plate gets heated by the tb, not the other way around

You should have already done the throttle body coolant bypass mod anyway

BlackBird97

I don't think that there are really any "Perks" to the billet throttle plates, besides the fact that they look cool lol.