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I've hit a sizeable problem with my efi project - in that I can't find a suitable throttle body in this land of V8 engines...

I need a compact unit - something with around a 40-45mm diameter disc (butterfly).
It must be metal, not plastic (for obvious reasons) and ideally have a 3-pin throttle pot attached.

Somthing i'm thinking specifically (and i might be wrong) is the unit fitted to the 1400 / 1600 EFI CVH motors?

So - anyone able to assist in sourcing something for me???
Pretty please!!!

if you posted that a month ago i could have wipped them of the fiesta we had at work for you dave.

always looking for them bigger bunches of bannanas

I am thinking poss 205 GTI Dave. 4 bolt flange, alloy body. Not sure what the size is but I'll measure one for you.

Dave,

I'm probably following a similar line of thinking as you and am looking for something similar.

I bought a Fiesta RS Turbo (CVH?) throttle body off ebay last week but it turned out to have a 50mm bore tapering to around 48mm at the butterfly.

I bit big I think, but it only cost £4 inc postage!

I'll keep hunting and let you know.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

i should be going to the scrappy on saturday so i will have a look then if ya want

Cheers guys.

This is the kinda thing we (all?) want.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...item=8068987289

OR

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...item=4642913429
(shame the Rover one was plastic)

Nice simple design. No stepper-motors or in-built idle valves. And ideally - will have the conventional three-pin (injector socket-style) throttle-pot already on and set up.

Don't be bothering with something that uses the ancient BOSCH throttle Pot - or if you do - unscrew and leave the throttle pot behind and try to get a better proce (or replace it with a conventional pot off a different car)

Cheers Guys!

the ones you can get from Burlen are made of metal...

They're also more expensive than the much more suitable Jenvey units...

Dave, I think I will not be using that rover turbo one which I have, you want that one?

Team Racing

205 1.9 8v Throttle body. The 1.6 8v one is the same.

51mm butterfly size. It is a three bolt mounting, on a PCD by the looks of it.

This is the RS Turbo TB


50mm at the butterfly now I've measured it.

Is that the Bosch TPS to avoid?

Edited by Paul S on 25th May, 2006.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

You mean one of these Dave??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/rover-mg-zr-1800cc-t...1QQcmdZViewItem

Or one of these with throttle control stepper

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rover-200-1-4-16v-th...1QQcmdZViewItem

Edited by Sprocket on 25th May, 2006.

The MG one will go for over my budget - and the stepper-motor one isn't ideal...

I think i've found a compromise unit from the USA actually...
It's a 2" butterfly, but has a compound leverage system that increases the sensitivity at small throttle openings, but winds it out after - similar to the HIF arm, but a little more effectivly...

So - cancel my request guys! But keep your eyes peeled next time you're at the breakers!

Hi,
Apparently the Ford Zetec one are the ones to go for... The 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 all have the same mounting flange, but with different butterfly sizes.
So once you've made your manifold to fit one, you can swap the different sizes to get the best result
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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On 25/05/2006 21:02:43 Bat said:

Hi,
Apparently the Ford Zetec one are the ones to go for... The 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 all have the same mounting flange, but with different butterfly sizes.
So once you've made your manifold to fit one, you can swap the different sizes to get the best result
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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Denis O'Brien.

Bike throttle bodies off of a GSXR600 are about the size you want I think.

Worth having a gander in the TB section of msefi.com, if you haven't already.

Edited by Andymini on 26th May, 2006.