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I have been gathering parts to convert the 302 in my Galaxie to EFI. I built a MegaSquirt ECU 5 or 6 years ago. I also gathered up the modern upper and lower EFI intake but I don't think I have clearance between the top of the modern intake and the hood so I am planning to drill holes in an edelbrock performer intake and add fuel injector bungs (already have a nice set of rails). I was trying to find a throttle body but they all are big $$ so I decided to take the modern throttle body and adapt it to look like a carb, use a carb air cleaner and mount to the edelbrock intake.
here is the foxbody throttle body and a 1" square bore spacer
I started by drilling a vacuum port. I drilled out a 1/16" hole all the way through, enlarged it to 5/16" wide 1/2" into the spacer and then drilled two more 1/16" holes at an angle
I then used a homemade tool to create a perfect thread
here is another shot of my tool
As you can see from the gasket on the spacer, the throttle body is about a perfect fit on the square bore
Another shot of the vacuum port and port holes
I then marked and drilled the holes for the studs. 1/4" holes and 3/4" deep so they didn't go all the way through.
I once again used another home made tool like before, I call it a “square tap” as it makes the tap square to what you are tapping as you use it.
Once threaded the studs went right in.
installed gasket
Throttle body looks right at home on the spacer and will fit nicely on my intake.
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I still need to fabricate a top plate so the air cleaner has a place to sit/attach. I will post more pictures when I get that part done.
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Very cool. I was never a fan of the Ford efi intake. This will make those valve cover gaskets easier to change.
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Hit a small snag. Went to install the fast idle air control valve and realized it was going to stick up to far past the opening and hit the 1" spacer on the bottom. I quickly realized that if I turn it upside down and make an 1/8" spacer to go between it and the throttle body everything will clear. crises averted.
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Interesting stuff....I love the "square tap" tool you made. So simple, yet very effective!
I saw somewhere a while back where a guy used a Thunderbolt Tri-carb air cleaner on top of an EFI system to hide his fuel injection set up. All finished it looked almost like almost factory.
Keep posting pics!
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Did you look at using a carb as a throttle body? Get the nice, classic Holley carb appearance and cover with any air cleaner.
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70XL wrote:
Did you look at using a carb as a throttle body? Get the nice, classic Holley carb appearance and cover with any air cleaner.
I actually thought about doing that, I have an old carter that would have been perferct for that job however using a carb is not as simple as you would think as you have to install a fast idle valve and a throttle position sensor on the old carb
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Daze wrote:
70XL wrote:
Did you look at using a carb as a throttle body? Get the nice, classic Holley carb appearance and cover with any air cleaner.
I actually thought about doing that, I have an old carter that would have been perferct for that job however using a carb is not as simple as you would think as you have to install a fast idle valve and a throttle position sensor on the old carb
I thought I`ve read that those parts are available. I`m sure it has been done many times, so it may be a back-up option.