Originally Posted by EO2K
(Post 926714)
Sav: you running one of these?
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Sav, have you guys done any testing on that? A replacement for that ugly upper manifold piece?
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Originally Posted by triple88a
(Post 927090)
Sav, have you guys done any testing on that? A replacement for that ugly upper manifold piece?
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You know how the manifold is split into 2 pieces? The upper piece of the manifold has a wimpy 2" diameter bottle neck right after the throttle body.
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The stock manifold does. The squaretop improves on that drastically, and any aftermarket intake manifold does as well. I have no idea why you would bother replacing the upper half when you could just change the entire thing and see even more of a gain.
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OK so a replacement top half that is similar to the square top and has a throttle body flange for the small ford pattern (I used a $45 shipped 65mm crown vic TB. Included the TPS/pigtail & works with the miata throttle cable end). Should be doable for less than an entire new intake manifold. No whistle on the ford throttle bodies cause no IAC. bwahahaaha. Simple fix with another bracket.
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Hmm whatever came of the top mount throttle body, intake manifold begi was working on? Sure probably looks funny but if it gets rid of the uneven flow why does it matter?
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The whistles go "woo".
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So lets say that I wanted to wait on buying one of these because of a lack of funds at the moment. Is welding or JB welding the screws on the stock one an acceptable temporary solution? Does it stop the engine from ingesting the screws or does something else get swallowed when the throttle shaft breaks?
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Originally Posted by MartinezA92
(Post 936109)
So lets say that I wanted to wait on buying one of these because of a lack of funds at the moment. Is welding or JB welding the screws on the stock one an acceptable temporary solution? Does it stop the engine from ingesting the screws or does something else get swallowed when the throttle shaft breaks?
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 936158)
Use two-part epoxy. I do it on throttle bodies and VICS butterflies.
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 936158)
Use two-part epoxy. I do it on throttle bodies and VICS butterflies.
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Yes, JB Weld is 2 part. It's also one of the best available for metals.
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Here is the throttle body on my 1.6 car. It is also available in the 1.8 version. Last I checked cost was $ 410.00 plus a core.
https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350520678 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1350520678 $400 is expensive for a throttle body but whats an engine cost? |
Uck for 400 bucks i'll look for alternatives
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Originally Posted by triple88a
(Post 940504)
Uck for 400 bucks i'll look for alternatives
If you don't think it's worth $300 or $400 or whatever, just wait until you're replacing a motor because your OEM TB broke. That's usually pretty convincing. |
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 936158)
Use two-part epoxy. I do it on throttle bodies and VICS butterflies.
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Originally Posted by AllSystemsNominal
(Post 940564)
Pretty sure I remember Emilio saying in a post that he does this on his track cars and hasnt had a TB shaft failure since
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Does this happen to the 1600 TB as well?
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