Bored Throttelbody M42

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spassmit69
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Mon May 31, 2010 11:30 pm

Hi, is here anybody who bored an M42 Throttlebody up to 57mm diameter?
I need such a 'TB'. Here in Germany nobody wants to build that. .."too difficult"..

http://www.bruvsmotorworks.co.uk/# have such a TB, but first he need it on his Rally 318is and second he bougt it on ebay... :x

Every Tip is welcome

(sorry my english is horrorble :eek: )


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Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:40 pm

Try an email to this address

alpina527@aol.com

This thread shows a throttle bored to 57mm

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Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:08 pm

I bought one from him and it is quality
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M42 - rightness! with proper 4.27 LSD
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Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:57 pm

is there much difference in throttle bodies then?
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Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:38 pm

It's a modified standard one, bored out to be larger 8)
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Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:31 pm

Oh I see,is there a noticeable difference In performance?
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Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:23 pm

Yeah they're pretty good
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