Can't find FRPP 65mm TB

[fastrev]

I've been looking for one of these for a while. I do see some pop up on ebay but I haven't won a bid yet. Does anyone know where I can get one? I've called all the major reliable parts places and they don't have any (even though some of them still list them in their ads). I don't want to modify an explorer tb. If I end up buying another brand, what would you suggest?

Thanks

 

[Ray@VSK]

Just be patient, I have been watching ebay close aswell as I am looking for a 65mm polished spacer but if your patient one will come up, I got one myself off ebay a few months ago for like $125.00.

 

[jrichker]

Try the junkyard if you are willing to take some time to modifiy the throttle linkage. The TB can be had for $50 or less. The 5.0 explorers built from 95-99 (??) had a 65 MM TB.

The stock Explorer linkage didn't come anywhere near fitting, so I made an adapter plate for the throttle linkage so I could use the 65 MM throttle body.

This is what I did:
Make a drawing of the position of the old throttle body linkage arm and its angular position relative to the centerline of the throttle body. Remove the ball stud off the explorer TB to make way for the adapter plate. Drill and tap a 10-32 hole in the linkage parallel to the TB shaft. Make an angle bracket out of 1" angle iron 3/8", drill a 3/16” hole in the center of each one of the legs. Then bolt it on where the hole was drilled & tapped. Then make a circular adapter plate out of 1/4" thick aluminum to bolt the two linkage arms together. Then bolt the aluminum plate to the existing linkage, and the angle bracket. Next mount the arm with the ball stud off the old throttle body on the adapter plate using the drawing to get the angle correct. You will need an aircraft type countersink for one of the bolts that secures the plate to the explorer linkage arm. It ends up being under the arm with the ball stud for the linkage. It works great and looks neat.

A trip to the welding shop with the explorer TB and the arm from your old Mustang TB would probably accomplish the same thing. I didn't have access to a welder, so I fabb'ed the plate in my shop. I took about 1.5 hours to do it, it was a measure, cut, and fit type of operation.

Also see http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/t...lorer65mmTB.pdf for modifications to adapt the 65 MM Explorer TB to a Mustang. It is somewhat simpler than the adaptation I did.