lol i'll answer for steve. he runs without the TPS :O and has trouble when jabbing the throttle but apparently not too much at other times. Steve has a NB02, i've been telling him for a long time to buy a wideband, but he's an engineer at heart and more enjoys the fabrication stuff!
from personal experience, this isn't the way i'd run it. I don't think Steve intends to for the long term either. as a late e36 it should have good lambda feedback to make sure AFRs aren't too dangerous.