Quote from SodaPop on July 17, 2022, 12:23 am

Quote from stander_97 on July 16, 2022, 11:27 am

Hello all! I just picked up a 72 nova with a 350sbc & an easy street 600hp fitech unit. After a good two weeks of messing with it I finally got it dialed in good enough to drive, ( I’m new to fuel injection so I’m super uneducated in all of this. ) I drove it to work & it ran great was pulling through all 4 gears strong but as soon as I pulled into the parking lot at work the air intake bolt fell out & got jammed up in my throttle body causing one of the throttle blades/butterfly valves to get bent & it was idling SUPER high. Pulled it out of there & found that one of the blades is now bent allowing it to suck air, I called fitech & they sent me new blades but I can’t for the life of me seem to find any information as to how to take out the old so I can install the new blades.. PLEASE HELP !!

 

You have to take the TBI unit off the car and it seems that the throttle blades are held on by the 2 torx screws there. Not sure the size of tork and you may need a long  torx screwdriver to remove screws. I would use magnetic bits or magnetize the screw driver by rubbing against a strong magnet. Good luck

 

poctured below is the bent blade/butterfly valve. Back driver side blade if that helps