the_legend_of_yrag
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What are they, what do they do and how much do they cost?
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psycho sport
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www.velosmotorsport.co.uk and read all about it!
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Cybermonkey
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Throttle bodies replace most of the inlet manifold and induction plenum and throttle body. Replaced with 4 throttle bodies, 1 for each cylinder, and fed from trumpets which suck the air in using a butterfly valve. They vastly increase the amount of air able to reach the engine. They are fairly expensive, and when you get over 200bhp, you have to uprate most internal parts with new pulleys pistons conrods etc etc. ITs possible to see a tad over 200bhp on the X16XE, and closer to 240 on the C20XE.
Dave
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Cybermonkey
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www.sbdev.co.uk create race-spec throttle-body engines for the X16XE and 20XE, mostly fitted to westfields.
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the_legend_of_yrag
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Cheers lads.
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luca2020
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of course this is the very high end of TB tuning, with upper and lower injectors 
[Edited on 18-10-2003 by luca2020]
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ianofbhills
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quote:
ITs possible to see a tad over 200bhp on the X16XE, and closer to 240 on the C20XE.
Dave
Where did you get those figures from?
sbd's own westfield runs a 1.6 16v and has over 250bhp and they also sell kits for the c 20 xe that produce near enough 300bhp albeit at a very high price.
Andy hamiltons 1.6 16v corsa on this site produces over 200bhp
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the_legend_of_yrag
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could you fit em to a 1.4 sri 8v then?
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Savinforcorsaproject
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yes the_legend_of_yrag
But i was told it has to be 16v so u cudnt?
And i was told costs over £3k to SET up and get running right????
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the_legend_of_yrag
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ok cheers also some lad with a 1.4 nova sr reckons he was gettin tbs but if the cost is that high i very much dought it!!
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luca2020
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quote:
Originally posted by Savinforcorsaproject
yes the_legend_of_yrag
But i was told it has to be 16v so u cudnt?
And i was told costs over £3k to SET up and get running right????
no i dont cost over 3k to set up and get running right
u buy what ever kit u want (around 2k) and fit it urself, then, what i would advise u do, is it take it for a rolling road session so they can make adjustments, about £70 odd
sbd wont fit the kits to ur car them selfs, its a diy job or get a machanic, or a few mates to fit it, its not that difficult, comes with instructions as well
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the_legend_of_yrag
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so whats the cheapest kit then? around 2k??
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luca2020
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depends what kit u go for, but they only do them for the 1.4 16v, 1.6 16v and 2.0 16v
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RobHayes
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regal now do a kit for the 1.2 16v
not that i can see the point in it tbh
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lacky75
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thats not a throttle body kit is an inlet manifold. TBH the kit makes the 1.2 16v more powerful then the 1.4 16v.
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RobHayes
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oh right, i musta misread the ad then
still pretty pointless tho, its about £1k aint it
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Noonster
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So they offer something for the Corsa C 1.2i 16v then..... how much we talking about??
Got any links to the info??
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lacky75
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the dbillas inlet manifolf costs 810pound and when fitted by regal included a re-map of your ecu.
After speaking on the phone to them some time ago they reckon u should easily be seeing 90-95ftlb torque and 95-100 bhp.
not bad for a 1.2. And with a few more mods u should be seeing 115bhp.
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Cybermonkey
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and with the money you spent you could get a 1.6 Sport and till be quicker.
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miles
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luca, I'd love to get a remap for £70! Can be fitted to 8v's, but the gains arent as good.
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and-m
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for a 1.4 8v id stick some twin 40s on it, they are farly cheap, and also a decent cam.
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combat_sri
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how much you looking at for twin 40s then? for the 8v sri that is
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rikkgti
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quote:
Originally posted by lacky75
the dbillas inlet manifolf costs 810pound and when fitted by regal included a re-map of your ecu.
After speaking on the phone to them some time ago they reckon u should easily be seeing 90-95ftlb torque and 95-100 bhp.
not bad for a 1.2. And with a few more mods u should be seeing 115bhp.
Whatsthe point for that price u could have 2.0 ex
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Vaux Lad
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