throttle bodies

1. sy84 L-plater Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 53

   #1 4th January 2012, 11:45

   im looking into up gradeing my vts to throttle bodies not sure wot make to go for gmc sell a compleat kit for around £850 whilst kam-raceing do a jenvey set up for bwt £1300 will the gmc ones be just as good?
2. Tannerman Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2011 Poole/Ferndown Posts: 630 Mk 2 VTR, ZX9R

   #2 4th January 2012, 11:50

   Give them a ring...or message them on here. One might be including an ecu the other might not.
3. luthor1 Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1802

   #3 4th January 2012, 11:54

   I think GMC's price *may* be a little higher than that, correct me if I'm wrong John, but neither of those prices include an ECU
4. Tannerman Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2011 Poole/Ferndown Posts: 630 Mk 2 VTR, ZX9R

   #4 4th January 2012, 13:36

   No it's actually a bit cheaper.until he gets rid of his current stock anyway.after that it rises to around £980 I think
5. user_35090 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 west mids (dudley) Posts: 1201 cammed 106 flatty

   #5 4th January 2012, 14:25

   ye he posted some where on here iirc he has a few left of an old batch going cheap but hes gotta put prices up with the next batch as the price on raw materials forever rises.
   
   get em while there cheap
6. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #6 4th January 2012, 14:47

   Imo jenveys are better than the at powers fo the ease of filtering at a decent length
   
   As soon as you start going to longer trumpets you run into problems with the brake servo linkage as they aim quite low
   
   Not saying there bad my motor made 185bhp on them and for the money and are prettybmuch bolt on and then with an ecu your away they work well but just something to be aware of
7. Ryanp Super Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Tonbridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 38236 Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut

   #7 4th January 2012, 15:09

   On a budget..
   
   
   Get Andys predator and match it to the sandy brown/Colin satchels set up.

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8. user_35090 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 west mids (dudley) Posts: 1201 cammed 106 flatty

   #8 4th January 2012, 16:05

   noob question but im a total novice when it comes to throttle bodies...
   
   
   why do you need to run a stand alone ecu with bodies? i would of thought a piggy back chip to turn the fuel up for the correct mixture would be enough and would be able to get the most out of them?
   
   or a simple remap on standard ecu?
9. AlexBp West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL

   #9 4th January 2012, 16:32

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by stevo1600 noob question but im a total novice when it comes to throttle bodies... why do you need to run a stand alone ecu with bodies? i would of thought a piggy back chip to turn the fuel up for the correct mixture would be enough and would be able to get the most out of them? or a simple remap on standard ecu?

   May be wrong here so dont quote me but iirc the fact itbs dont use map sensors screws the standard ecu over boost your still running map so piggy backs ect are ok
   
   Chipwizards have mapped ecus to run bodies but its not a popular way to do it as it seems they dont run as well as standalone

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10. Sandy309 Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Cornwall Posts: 349 106 XSi

    #10 6th January 2012, 07:18

    Difficult to convince people of the advantages of a standalone ECU over a "remapped" OE ECU at the start, but over time and any problems or further modifications, the advantages become very clear.

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