joyridin'

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I was digging on Ebag and noticed a lot of throttle bodies for under $100. They look pretty nice and are set up for a cable. Anybody use any of these?

Want to use it on a LS3 and remove the DBW set-up.

transamfreak01

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Well I tried to use a god speed but the holes for the sensor were in the completely wrong spot. Will never buy one again.

joyridin'

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Thanks. I will cross that one off my list.

JoeNova

I've used them before. A few things to look out for.

1. Take the screws out of the shaft and put some Loctite on them, so they don't back out and get sucked in.
2. Do a leak test with some starting fluid around the throttle body, the shaft seals aren't always the best.
3. Get something to coat the inside of the throttle and the blade with. The blades are often not aluminum and will rust and stick.

Other than that, if you get one that has the right mounting holes and all of the sensors hook up OK, you should be good to go.

joyridin'

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Thanks Joe!

Project GatTagO

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What ECU are you using?

Andrew

Sumter

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We are using this one on two different vehicles and they work fine. One is bolted to a Holley Hi-Ram, the other is bolted to a Edelbrock Pro-Flo XT
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321611794797?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

joyridin'

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Debating between the Holley HP and the FAST ecu. I will probably go with the Holley.

JDMC5

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low quality TB's are notorious for having undersized IAC circuits, can cause idle issues on some cars.

Project GatTagO

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Holley FTW. They also make good throttle bodies.

Andrew

Buchhakj

I've been watching these myself along with some no name fuel rails.

HISS

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Junk. Put one on a fast, tps had to be modified to work, and the blade hung up because the shaft had so much play. Idle issues a plenty. Buy a nick Williams. Fast ain't cheap and cheap ain't fast.

Oh BTW the Godspeed is the same as the 100 dollar one, they just Mark it up because they have a somewhat decent seller reputation and they figure if they put their name on it it's worth a few bucks.

GNGUY

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I got one in a trade, new in the box. The metal tubing piece fell off when I pulled it out of the box...very loose fit. The blades stick about every third time you open and close them....not very high quality. I never bolted it on an engine.

Gotit4cheap16

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Installed a 92mm one on my setup and no problem at all. Had to make the iac hole a little bigger but that's all

Beanslsxnova

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I had a buddy a few years back out an obx or "cheap aftermarket" throttle body on his crx race car. One of the screws came out of the throttle blade and ruined a $8000 motor. I couldn't beleive what damage a little screw could do to a motor. But 10,000 rpm + screw = no good haha. Anyway at the bare mimimum put locktite on everything if you do decide you use one.

LSX Power Tuning

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I havent been keeping count but I think 100% of the cheap ones I have seen the customers ended up replacing with a better one. They had problems from the blade sticking, IAC not even fitting, TPS wrong, IAC passage to small.

joyridin'

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Thanks for all the replies. I will probably just pass on the cheapie TB. If this was an old beater motor or car, I would give it a try, but doesn't seem to be worth the hassle on a brand new engine starting from scratch.

I am just going to do it right the first time and call it a day.

SM105K

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Yep, I have one and I am upgrading to a NW.