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I've been messing around with the GA16 (G) and E16 (E) TBs again because I couldn't get the G to work well on my car the first time. I took my E TB to the machine shop to have them bore it out and install the G butterfly but the machine shop said he couldn't do it. So, I went home and ripped both apart. Part of the problem with the G TB is the "wax pellet" idle junk on the linkage side and the fact that it uses a different fuel pressure, requiring a stand-alone fuel pressure regulator (FPR) to drop it to 14 psi. What I have done now is to take the top half off of both TBs (not just the plastic top piece, but the whole top half) and put the E top on the G TB. The tapered bore on the inside matches up like it was meant to be this way. This gets rid of the "wax pellet" crap and puts the E FPR and E hose barbs on the G TB, doing away with the stand-alone FPR. Except for a little grinding where the E FPR hits the mount for the ISC valve, it bolts on with no problem. Putting the E top on the G TB also solves the air cleaner mounting problem I had (interference with the wax-pellet idle crap). It also eliminates the need for most of the fittings and misc. pieces to adapt the FPR.

I also started working on how to mount the Dodge TB CAI adapter to the E TB. It will take some more grinding to fit the adapter over the ridge on top of the E TB. This is a work in progress and may take a while. More later.