THE BEAR
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 posted on 2/10/07 at 11:10 AM |
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THROTTLE BODIES ON A ZETEC
right here goes iam looking at the throttle bodie kits what would you lot fit on a 2lt zetec on a 1999 to get the most bhp from it many thanks all
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JAG
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 11:16 AM |
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I'll say it first, get some bike throttle bodies off Ebay.
For a 2 litre Zetec the GSXR1000 would be ideal 
Justin
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 11:19 AM |
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If money was no object them maybe some roller barrel throttle bodies in conjunction with cams, lots of head work, big valves etc.
However, if the rest of the engine is standard this would be a complete waste of money and you might as well use some bike throttle bodies or carbs.
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THE BEAR
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 11:37 AM |
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but i have no ecu so looking for a kit
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twybrow
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 11:58 AM |
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It is quite an open ended question. Do you have a price in mind? Do you want to do any of the work yourself? Does the setup need to be upgradable?
If you just want an off the shelf kit to 'bolt on', I would look at the Jenvey kits, but they aint cheap!
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Dusty
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 12:24 PM |
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Cheapest bolt-on I have seen is from Dave Colledge at Retro Ford at about £1500. Includes jenveys, rail, sensors, manifold and emerald ecu. All top
quality stuff. Certainly would work a treat but a lot of cash.
ST170 manifold, GSXR bodies and a megasquirt would come in at about £5-600. Engine already has all the ford sensors. Plenty of work for you to do but
the result would be close to using a bolt-on kit.
[Edited on 2/10/07 by Dusty]
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jimbona2
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 12:55 PM |
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scholar engines maybe? give them a call
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ned
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 02:04 PM |
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...or mountune or burtons or race line or etc etc will prob all sell you a similar kit.
Off the shelf will likely be jenvey throttle bodies and a branded ecu with map and loom/fitting kit, diy will be make your own manifold, megawotsit
and bike throttle bodies...
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 06:28 PM |
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sorry to butt in, ive got gsxr600 throttle bodies and a 1.8 zetec, i need a manifold for them and someone above has mentioned st170 ??? what do they
go for and where do i get one ??
Cheers !
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zetec
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 06:58 PM |
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Off the shelf kit makes life easy but cost. Good news is that you can transfer to another engine with ease, car will run very well and tuning will
mean no need to upgrade parts again.
 
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jacko
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 07:03 PM |
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Tim Windmill on here has just done this try a u2u to him he used megasquirt
Jacko
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ned
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 08:46 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Andybarbet
sorry to butt in, ive got gsxr600 throttle bodies and a 1.8 zetec, i need a manifold for them and someone above has mentioned st170 ??? what do they
go for and where do i get one ??
Cheers !
Try a search but i believe you get a manifold off an st170 and cut it down to the stubs which can then be used to fit bike carbs or throttle bodies
to.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Dusty
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 09:27 PM |
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The ST170 variable timing inlet cam zetec, badged duratec has individual throttlebodies and the manifold below which is a bit cheaper than getting a
Custom manifold made up. Doesn't need cutting but doesn't mate with bike throttlebodies perfectly as the runners are oval but it does work.
Doesn't line up with the ports perfectly either so you need to make a ten mm thick manifold plate to match them up. And the bodies need respacing
which then messes up the fuel rail alignment but thats what I did. Wish I hadn't bothered and had gone for a Bogg Bros manifold.
 
ST170 manifold
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scutter
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| posted on 2/10/07 at 10:44 PM |
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Sorry for picture size, but yes ST170 manifold and GSX throttle bodies bolt up nicely and you can keep the ford injector rail if you wish.
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THE BEAR
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 06:44 AM |
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scutter & zetec have you any more pics of your engines iam looking for how the belt got on many thanks
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