tbs made out of bike bodies

[chasman]

hi people, i was reading about making throttle bodies out of bike bodies and im interested in giving it a go, my mates got a 306 gti-6 and he made a set for hes car and they sound amazing! it also gave him quite a few more horses when it was all set up aswell! what do u need to make a throttle body? im going down the bike breakers later and look for a set of bike bodies of a gsxr 1000 or something similar. if someone could make a list of parts needed e.g inlet manifold? linkages? etc etc that would be great! any help will be appricaited! :y:

[Mark51]

SEACRH SEACRH SEACRH mate been covered loads of times

[RCD-Performance]

Bike bodies require a lot of effort and most parts have to be custom made.

At RCD we are developing a bolt on drivein-drive out kit for the Saxo VTS.

We take all the hard work and cost out of it.

Keep an eye on our section they will be arriving shortly!

Ross
RCD Performance.

[d4r3n]

isnt it true that from the bike bodies you dont see a great gain in power??
plus with bike bodies most things would have to be custom i.e manifold all linkages

[RCD-Performance]

To be fair, im not 100% sure about the gains compared to normal TB's. So i wont say.

Yes most things have to made custom, as far as i know there is no "kit" for bike bodies.

Ross
RCD Performance

[chasman]

Bike bodies require a lot of effort and most parts have to be custom made.

At RCD we are developing a bolt on drivein-drive out kit for the Saxo VTS.

We take all the hard work and cost out of it.

Keep an eye on our section they will be arriving shortly!

Ross
RCD Performance.

that sounds good mate! keep me informed! :y:

[KamRacing]

the reason not many people get good gains is because people bodge the inlet manifold. The inlet manifold is a very important part but too many people only regard it as a method of attaching the bodies to the head

[Ryan]

usually using a hose and jubilie clips Kam.
leaving that lovely step LOL

[RCD-Performance]

Our kits with be DTH, not foobing around with inlet manifolds

Ross
RCD Performance

[Matty-VTR]

I've seen bike bodies get more power over normal TB's like jenvy for example

[RCD-Performance]

got examples of this please mate?

[raunchz]

Bke bodies getting more power than jenveys ?! u sure ??

I'm not expert, but surely bike bodies, with some silicone tubing to connect to inlet manifold, like said above, give a step down, then step back up. Whereas jenveys are smooth all the way down.

Surely they can't make more power - apart from on the bikes that is.

I'd be interested to see these, could be a cheaper option than going for jenveys or dth types.

[pow]

Im sure using the bodies from a 600 would be better also as the ones from a 1000 are a bit overkill

[Yeti]

like to see where this thread goes

[Joesnow]

Im sure using the bodies from a 600 would be better also as the ones from a 1000 are a bit overkill

I've also heard that people use 600 bodies... I'd like to know why though? What’s wrong with the ones from the bigger bikes?

IIRC top 600 sports bikes are in the region of about 120bhp, 1000cc bikes approx 150-180bhp... I would have thought it would be a better bet to go with a setup from a bike that’s giving the sort of power output you would want?

I would have thought bodies designed for 120bhp would be pushed to give much more than that? I know it’s at higher rpms on a motorbike... I'd just like to know the science behind it from some of you throttle body gurus!?

[Matty-VTR]

Yeh i am sure..
My dad maps cars for a living, and a few weeks ago had a 2.0 black top zetec with bike bodies and omex, nothing else, and after mapping made 170bhp. He said thats the most powerful zetec with so little modifications hes seen. Made more power then the same engine running non-bike bodies.

This is on a 2.0 zetec btw, it could well be a very different story on a 1600tu engine

[Ryan]

TUs and zetecs are totally different.

TUs for a start dont respond as well as a redtop engine on TBs as a quick comparrison.

[AXracing]

I have a GMC t body kit for the VTR going cheap. Save you a lot of pain trying to sort out some bike carbs.

[Matty-VTR]

TUs and zetecs are totally different.

TUs for a start dont respond as well as a redtop engine on TBs as a quick comparrison.

''it could well be a very different story on a 1600tu engine''

I know there different mate, i aint a noob ;)