Granatelli TB

has anyone used the granatelli throttle body for the 05+ gt's? my stock throttle motor took a dive and my buddy who works at a ford dealer says that you cant get just a motor, have to replace the throttle body. granatelli is the only aftermarket tb that comes with the motor. has anyone heard good or bad things about it? its only 70 dollars more than a stock one so i figured i'd kill two birds with one stone and upgrade the throttle body and fix my car at the same time.
 
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300. but i just found the stock ford gt500 tb and adapter to bolt it up to a gt intake on blow by racings site for 340 so im goin that route. that way im replacing it with an oem ford part and wont have to worry bout an aftermarket throttle motor assin up like ive recently noticed about the granatelli ones
 
so ive heard. thats why im going with the gt 500 tb. id like to buy the ford racing gt500 part but i can justify 560 bucks. looks nice all polished up though. i prefer that a part makes people look at my taillights rather than under my hood if ya know what i mean
 
I just installed the MSVT TB on my '05 GT a couple of days ago. It's the twin bore 60 mm Tb that came on GT 500's I think. There was a little bit of "adjustment" to make it fit but I got mine from CJPony Parts for $129.00 shipped.

EDIT: LINK >>>---> http://www.cjponyparts.com/product.asp?pn=TB100


You can see the difference in size, not only the bores, but the mouth is larger requiring some creativitity to couple it to the CAI... I am still shopping for a decent coupling.

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The coupling for my CAI easily fits "INSIDE" of the new TB, instead of OVER it. (EDIT) So I had to make an adapter to make it fit the K&N intake tube. I installed a JLT yesterday and the coupling stretches enough to make a good fit.

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so ive heard. thats why im going with the gt 500 tb. id like to buy the ford racing gt500 part but i can justify 560 bucks. looks nice all polished up though. i prefer that a part makes people look at my taillights rather than under my hood if ya know what i mean

I agree, the FRPP is nice and shiney but that's almost $400 difference in price for an additional 2 mm and "bling."
 
Casey4s, I'm not trying to be a smart-ass but wouldn't your coupling method create the same air restriction that you are trying to eliminate with the bigger TB? Could you use a GT500 CAI instead? There also seems to be a gap in the top right of your coupling that will cause unmetered air to enter the TB. Remember, there will be negative pressure there, so there will be nothing to prevent the coupling from collapsing.