psycho sport
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Registered: 27th Mar 03
Location: Guildford Surrey Drives: Vauxhall Monaro
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i heard that u got look after them, is this true? if so what u gota do to look after them?
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Andy
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Registered: 28th Dec 99
Location: Cumbria, UK
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That's rubbish. Provided they've been set up carefully, they should be pretty much as reliable as nomal induction systems
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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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.
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
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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
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roy_newell
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Registered: 22nd Aug 03
Location: Stafford
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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
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and-m
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Registered: 5th May 02
Location: Liverpool. Drives. Skud vRS.
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throttle body or throttle bodieS?
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Daimo B
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Every car has a Throttle Body!!!!
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and-m
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Registered: 5th May 02
Location: Liverpool. Drives. Skud vRS.
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unless is on carbs
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miles
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
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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.
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Andy
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Registered: 28th Dec 99
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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.
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roy_newell
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Registered: 22nd Aug 03
Location: Stafford
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Thats why I was wondering, so what is a throttle bodies set up? pics, links, do tell
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Daimo B
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http://daimob.fotki.com
Under fav modded cars
Andy Hamilton.
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MikeH
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Registered: 3rd Apr 03
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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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Daimo B
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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).
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roy_newell
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Registered: 22nd Aug 03
Location: Stafford
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well I can see the throttle bodies, still don't know what they do though
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Daimo B
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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.
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dig dave2811
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Registered: 6th Jan 03
Location: newport sout wales WCM
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SO DO U USE alot of fuel if u r running throttle bodies?
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Daimo B
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Under hard throttle yeah it uses quite a lot. But if you drive it easily, fuel economy isn't much worse than standard.
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roy_newell
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Registered: 22nd Aug 03
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ah kewl daimo, cheers for that, sorry about the confusion above, you posted as I was posting so I didn't see your reply
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miles
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
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I do about 10p a mile average, with ragging it, commuting etc,
On a long run I can get it much better.
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