throttle bodies

[james_19]

seen this on ebay and thought it was pretty decent.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Zetec-Jenvey-Throttle-Body-and-M-Tech-ECU-Kit_W0QQitemZ180314960164QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Car sParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item180314960164&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318
yes its for a ford engine but easily could be changed with a different manifold.

[Adam]

Normal price tbh. Jenveys are only around £400-£500, then the inlet-£150, and then the megasquirt is £200-£300

[james_19]

oo ok fair enough. so basically if i was to buy that with a c20xe manifold i would be looking at around that price?

[white2lSR]

Not the best kit in the world either. SBD do a better kit, but to be fair it is a lot more expensive

[Adam]

oo ok fair enough. so basically if i was to buy that with a c20xe manifold i would be looking at around that price?
Yes. Plus someone to setup/map the megasquirt(which most places wont even take a look at)

[Welsh Dan]

They say the kit is the same price for a GTI-6, isnt that 6 cylinder?

[james_19]

thanks adam, just learning you see.
oo i realise that many places wont bother with the megasquirt, is there an alternative??
a place near me, am positive, will map the megasquirt.
what power increase would you be looking at on a standard c20xe??

[Adam]

They say the kit is the same price for a GTI-6, isnt that 6 cylinder?
Nope, its a 4pot 2L
The "6" bit refers to a 6spd gearbox :thumb:

[Welsh Dan]

Aahh, the french make no sense :(.

[james_19]

thanks adam, just learning you see.
oo i realise that many places wont bother with the megasquirt, is there an alternative??
a place near me, am positive, will map the megasquirt.
what power increase would you be looking at on a standard c20xe??

any answers??

[Adam]

Jenveys and a good mapped system usually gives about 180hp on a xe.
Theres loads of alternatives to MS, all of which cost more.

[james_19]

cheers, some of the engine management systems cost a small fortune. just out of interest if i bought some say gsxr750 bike throttle bodies, what cost would you be looking at to put them a c20xe?? and increase in power??

[Stuart]

bear in mind that a higher cost ECU will most likely take far far far less time to map, so overall the costs might be the same/less. AND also its worth noting that most aftermarket ECU's retain shed loads of their value (eg at most a 20% drop every time they change hands, where as 2nd hand MS is peanuts from what I can see) so your overall cost might be lower. Food for thought

[james_19]

thanks pal what ecu would you recommend? obviously not the most expensive for my purposes thanks

[Adam]

Ask where your going for mapping which ecu they prefer to work with.
An ecu is useless if theres no one that can get a decent map on it.
DTA/Omex/Emerald/Go-Tech/MBE
all do the job

[james_19]

seems a pretty good idea adam.
oo ok well thats fine for me then cheers guys.