[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Audi 5000 TB



Hey everyone,

I know this has been asked a million tines, but I'm going to ask it again
once more, to get the straight goods.

I raced an older RX7 tonight, and had a crushing defeat.  My '86 was
quicker off the line, but he crept up on me in third gear, and passed me
in fourth.  Not exactly a complete blow-away, but if I would have had one
extra horsepower, I could have stayed an inch ahead and maintained my
pride.

So, I got paid today at work, and have decided it is time to put an Audi
5000 throttle body on my car.  I have found a suitable donor car, and I
think it has the throttle body I need ... first of all, how do I tell if
it is the correct throttle body for transplanting on my car?

I have prepared for the surgery my intake manifold will require.  I
presume it would be best to match the port on the manifold to the larger
bores in the Audi throttle body.  This shouldn't be much of a challenge. 
And I am assuming that the four holes for the allen screws which hold the
throttle body to the intake are in the same place.  This also means I can
use the stock Audi throttle body to intake gasket?

So besides the cutting and grinding I'll need ot do to my intake, what
else will I need to do?  Is the throttle cable relatively easy to mount on
the Audi throttle body?  And what about adjusting it - how do I set the
idle and such?  Or should I just follow the instructions in my Bentley -
as if I was adjusting a stock throttle body?

Once I am successfully through this procedure, I will be putting up a big
page on my site explaining this conversion in detail, so people won't need
to continue explaining this.

Thanks,
- -- Michael Helms

'81 Scirocco - the fixer-upper
'86 Scirocco - the not-fast-enough daily driver

Web Site:  http://www.continuum.org/helms

- --
To subscribe or unsubscribe, send email to scirocco-L-request@scirocco.org,
with your request (subscribe, unsubscribe) in the BODY of the message.

------------------------------