Throttle cable for conversion to 318 EFI

[nbristow01]

Yes Yes possible kitten death but damned if I could find it in the search. I am converting to 318EFI. My throttle system is totally stock right now.

I am using the 325 Throttle Body. Anyone sell a conversion kit or have a thread on making a setup?

[bluedevils]

There are no kits. Use tii brackets and modify it. There are two brackets that install on the firewall, one is V-shaped. Check the 02FAQ section for efi conversion.

[nbristow01]

Yeah I read that. Gives very little detail about this part. I was hoping someone might have a blog on this section that was detailed. Or at least some detailed photos showing the setup at the firewall and at the intake. I have not seen one of these conversions in person so I have zero to draw from right now

[bluedevils]

There was a guy from Atlanta who finished his car a year ago or so, forgot his

faq id. He and his girl friend (at the time) installed a new headliner using paper clips. He has details about the linkage. I used the parts I mentioned from my tii for the 318i EFi conversion. You need to make one more bracket bolted on the intake. Check finkbuilt (or something) for MS EFI conversion. He has some pictures.I can send you some pictures of my set up this weekend.

[nbristow01]

Man that would be great. The help is appreciated

[josh72ooh2]

Please post your findings? I too have searched the archives but never found an exact solution. I'm probably going to stick with the 318 throttle body (for starters) but the linkage shouldn't be too different.

If somebody comes up with a kit... it looks like there is money to be made...

just sayn....

[bluedevils]

You guys contact Tom at 02again, he might have what you are looking for.

[MAD02]

I used a universal Lokar 18 or 20 inch cable I got from Ebay for $15. You will need to modify your 02 throttle rod to use this cable. I cut the throttle rod in half and welded a plate with a hole to attach the Lokar cable. It worked well during the first install. I will be re-installing my F.I. this weekend (hopefully) after getting a few more parts I needed. Good luck.

[TKMad]

I used a similar cable. Pics here.

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,343826/highlight,throttle+cable/

[TJF]

I am in the midst of an EFI conversion myself. Here are a few pics that others have posted to the FAQ or on their sites. I need to get my cylinder head back together and on the car so I can mount the intake and really tackle this issue.

[TJF]

Thanks to everyone who posted their solutions. It is a big help for those of us who are following in your footsteps.

[TJF]

This one is Finkbuilt's.

[TJF]

[2002isGuy]

Hey TJF,

Did you buy the throttle cable conversion to 318 EFI, or did you fabricate it?

Barry

[Kingryan86]

On 11/17/2010 at 5:59 PM, bluedevils said:

There was a guy from Atlanta who finished his car a year ago or so, forgot his

faq id. He and his girl friend (at the time) installed a new headliner using paper clips. He has details about the linkage. I used the parts I mentioned from my tii for the 318i EFi conversion. You need to make one more bracket bolted on the intake. Check finkbuilt (or something) for MS EFI conversion. He has some pictures.I can send you some pictures of my set up this weekend.

 I know this is old, but could you send me some picture of your throttle linkage?