We have planned from the start to attempt to pass emissions testing on throttle bodies rather than the standard Ford manifold and ECU. This was and is a less than easy approach. Everyone spoken to has warned of the difficulty. The fantastic thing about the clubbie community is that there is always help and people have been incredibly generous and frank - the last thing you need is to start something like this in the dark. However we are nothing if not stubborn! We suspected the emission requirements might relax a bit and this now being the case we feel we are in with a chance. In order to avoid large egg/face interface scenarios when it fails dismally we have obviously kept a bit quiet but now that we have confessed we'll keep the blog updated more regularly. We still have all the OEM manifold gear so if it does fail we will just bung that on again and mark it up to experience.Anyone who may have read earlier post might have noticed the bodies in shot already - they are from a company called AT Power in the UK. They have been designed for the Duratec motor as direct to head replacements and they are magnificent. The quality if the engineering is outstanding and I have seen video of them running on a clubbie - the induction sound is outrageous. Yippee!!!
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