Summit Racing Thermoquad

I looked at their ad the other day. I was pretty turned off at some of the photos showing choke plates and air valve secondary plates with the finish blasted off and the upper bowl cover with the same:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-210236

....an obvious no-no to anyone who's done any TQ research. This means they've probably blasted the shafts as well and removed the protective coating there, too.
Hell that's good to know. Yes your right I don't know much about the thermoquad. I just know they make good power and get decent mileage.