I do about 10p a mile average, with ragging it, commuting etc,

On a long run I can get it much better.

ah kewl daimo, cheers for that, sorry about the confusion above, you posted as I was posting so I didn't see your reply

Under hard throttle yeah it uses quite a lot. But if you drive it easily, fuel economy isn't much worse than standard.

SO DO U USE alot of fuel if u r running throttle bodies?

As i say, you have 1 trupet for each chamber on teh engine. It provides direct access into the engine sucking in as much air as the engine can basically handle. More air+fuel = more power.

Engein manangement is there to sort out and setup this air/fuel ratio mixture.

well I can see the throttle bodies, still don't know what they do though

Standard throttle bodie.

BAsically theres 1 TB that all the air travels through, it then splits into 4 chambers (on a 4 cylinder car).

TB like Andys got, theres 1 TB per chamber, air is suck straight into the head giving optimum performance (along with fueling etc, hence why a good engine managment is needed).

Could someone explain to me the difference between the standard throttle body and performance throttle bodies?

I think i know.. but just to make sure.

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Thats why I was wondering, so what is a throttle bodies set up? pics, links, do tell

Same here - I'm on GEMS and once I've blipped the throttle a few times after starting her up, it's just like a standard car.

Having rough cold start depends on which engine management you have and how well it is set up.

I use DTA and its fine from cold, behaves like a standard car.

:lol:

unless is on carbs

Every car has a Throttle Body!!!!

throttle body or throttle bodieS?

Ummm, my car has a throttle body as standard and I've never known any problems, doesn't take any looking after at all and mine is not rough to start with, although I always get up to idle temp before thrashing it obviously

only thing with TB is that you need to warm the engine up before setting off otherwise they run a bit rough to start with

Maybe your thinking of Carbs? Slightly similar to Throttle bodies, but need to be setup every 6 months or so.

TB are ok, once their setup, they are setup.

That's rubbish. Provided they've been set up carefully, they should be pretty much as reliable as nomal induction systems

i heard that u got look after them, is this true? if so what u gota do to look after them?