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Apr 8, 2004 | 08:10 PM

4GAZM

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well surfing the net i came across this head for the mini and want to know what its about havent seen this before!!!

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Apr 8, 2004 | 08:14 PM

BlueCooperS

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You've seen the throttle bodies on a BMW V8, right? One throttle body per cylinder. That looks really fast.

Apr 8, 2004 | 08:15 PM

Ryephile

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holy crap! Looks like fuel injected Webbers!

Apr 8, 2004 | 08:16 PM

Trippy

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How about an internet link to what you are talking about.

It kind of looks like a head with no intake, and something to fake out the mass-airflow sensor (MAF)

Apr 8, 2004 | 08:37 PM

andy@ross-tech.com

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Silly Trippy, the MINI engines don't have a MAF. Them's individual throttle bodies for a N/A MINI:

More craziness:

http://www.haywardperformance.com/gallery.htm

ITB's enhance throttle response and give each cylinder its own pretty little velocity stack to allow Mother Nature to cram as much air in as possible.