Throttle Body Install

[95GTV8]

For now i will be keeping the 60 mm throttle body till i get some more $. Im putting a new intake manifold on tomorrow and i want to know if it will be easier to take both the upper manifold along with the TB Out and attach the TB to the upper when it's out of the car? Also when i put it back on, what should the bolts on the stock TB be torqued to?

 

[GRGT1994]

Yes, it would probably be easier to put the TB on the upper while it's off - at least for the bottem two nuts. But either way wont be too hard.

Torque specs on a TB? Don't know that there are any. Just not too tight I guess.

 

[FlyBy763]

I would just take the TB and upper manifold out as one unit and then install the upper with the TB on it...thats what I did, not hard at all....

 

[95GTV8]

allright, hey flyby, what torque specs did you use for the TB?

 

[mo_dingo]

I don't know of any torque specs for the TB. I actually don't think you can even get a torque wrench on some of the bolts. So tighten the bolts until the tb is tight, then maybe a 1/8 turn past that.
Scott

 

[Labora]

Do not use a tq wrench on the TB bolts unless you feel like putting in new studs. They snap pretty easy. They don't have to be super tight.

 

[final5-0]

Just compress the gasket evenly on all four corners for a good seal. The objective is to get a good seal and not to have the tb secured with a great deal of tightness.

Not too tight!

Just snug em down!

Grady

 

[rgs]

i hate those bottom 2 bolts, so awkward to get at!

 

[CManT1914]

Put the throttle body on the new manifold while it's off the car. You'll be glad you did. Try getting at that bottom right bolt with the manifold on the engine, those stinking fuel return lines are right in the way. They don't have torque specs on those bolts, just tighten one down until it starts to snug, then tighten the one diagnol(sp?) from it, then go back and retighten them all until they're nice and tight. You don't wanna tighten them all the way down at one time.

 

[18mustangs]

For now i will be keeping the 60 mm throttle body till i get some more $. Im putting a new intake manifold on tomorrow and i want to know if it will be easier to take both the upper manifold along with the TB Out and attach the TB to the upper when it's out of the car? Also when i put it back on, what should the bolts on the stock TB be torqued to?

There will be no problem putting the TB on while the intake is on the car. When I initially put on my SN95 65mm I did it with the intake on the car and it was a breeze (easier than taking off the upper manifold), just have an extension ready to get the lower bolts. With regards to torque specs, just snug them like others said.
Tim

 

[CManT1914]

There will be no problem putting the TB on while the intake is on the car. When I initially put on my SN95 65mm I did it with the intake on the car and it was a breeze (easier than taking off the upper manifold), just have an extension ready to get the lower bolts. With regards to torque specs, just snug them like others said.
Tim

Hey new avatar Tim?

 

[mo_dingo]

Yeah, when I yank my upper, I leave the adapter/TB/intake tube on it. Just makes it easier.
Scott

 

[91LX_5L]

I took off my TB and put on a stocker to see if mine was causing me my problems.

Took me what like 10 min max, its as simple as 4 bolts.

 

[18mustangs]

Hey new avatar Tim?

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Just a bit of craziness to keep things light!
Tim

 

[CManT1914]

You know it Chris! Shake and the Broodwich kicks @ss! : It is the Broodwich. Forged in darkness from wheat harvested in hell's half acre. Baked by Beelzebub. Slathered with mayonnaise beaten from the evil eggs of dark chicken force-fed to dogs by the hands of a one eyed mad man. Cheese boiled from the rancid teat of fanged cow. Layered with 666 separate meats from an animal, which has maggots for blood. But no bacon! there are no pigs EVIL enough to sacrifice upon a bed of evil. and lettuce.
Just a bit of craziness to keep things light!
Tim

da f***? lol, you're now up there with Defleshed.