Throttle body

LeftOvers · Feb 17, 2007

Ive been looking at the BBk 62 MM throttle body for my 05 GT and ive found some other things like throttle body spacers. Whats the difference? they each say about 10 hp gain and what not and the prices are alot different. around 300 for the throttle body and 90 for the spacer can someone shed some light on this for me?

anthony05gt · Feb 17, 2007

Please don't waste your money on a throttle body for that car. I've got friend pushing 800 rwhp and one that's over 1000 rwhp and they both use the stock TB. If you search around on the forums enough you will find that guys that tune these cars say the same thing. The stock throttle body has no obvious shortcomings.

stang8urimport · Feb 17, 2007

One of the Mustang magazines reported a 80 HP gain when they stepped up throttle body size on a supercharged application. I dunno if this is true, but it's what they reported.

red05bullitgt · Feb 17, 2007

Although I can't speak from personal experience ? I can tell you that Doug from bamachips.com does not recommend throttle body spacers and considers them as a complete waste of both time and money...For the very same $90-100 bucks ? you would be much better off spending it on mods such as FRPP delete plates that are both proven and guaranteed to provide between 8-10 additional HP...Therefore IMHO ? the FRPP delete plates would be your best bang for the buck mod under $100.00

NorthwestGT · Feb 18, 2007

I'll tell you one more thing about aftermarket throttle bodies. They will not work as well as your FOMOCO original. I had a TB on my '96 from a reputable aftermarket supplier and had nothing but trouble with it. Couldn't get a stable idle, bad cruise control, and worst of all, no noticeable gain at all. The cruise contol issue will not be a problem with the S197's, but I will bet you will have the other problems I mentioned.

Other mods have shown proven gains with our cars, even in normally aspirated setup. CAI's, tuners, or a little from underdrives and axle-backs. All of these are in the price range of a TB. As for the spacer, as was said, not worth the bucks.

burke07gtcs · Feb 18, 2007

The throttle body holds the rpm's up when you push the clutch. No noticible gain w/ mine. Delete plates or custom tune work very well.

LeftOvers · Feb 21, 2007

So noone really can say yay or nay about it?

red05bullitgt · Feb 21, 2007

If replies such as please don't waste your money and does not recommend interpret as meaning NAY ?...then explain just exactly what does...

07USAFGT · Feb 21, 2007

hottymustang · Feb 22, 2007

I know a few guys that have had relly good luck with the new BBK TB. I know that the earlier models by other brands were having lots of problems.

I will be getting one in the future, but not right now. I think that the TB on this car is one of those mods that has to have the supporting mods before you really see a difference. And by supporting mods I mean Long Tubes, Delete plates, etc....

fox1x · Feb 22, 2007

MM's & FF's recieved a gain from the BBK before and after a supercharger install (Vortech) They even have a video of the install and dyno test. The video came on a DVD with one of their issues. (Last 2 months)

johnnys06redgt · Feb 24, 2007

yowser

Umbra_Lupis · Feb 24, 2007

"With no other change except the addition of the BBK Throttle Body our GT jumped to 347 rwhp and 326 ft. lbs. of torque. Just to confirm the gain we put the stock throttle body back on and power fell back to 340 then reinstalled the BBK to see power jump again to 347 rwhp. "

from brenspeed. had cams, exhaust, cai, tune etc etc.

bigcat · Feb 24, 2007

Umbra_Lupis said:
"With no other change except the addition of the BBK Throttle Body our GT jumped to 347 rwhp and 326 ft. lbs. of torque. Just to confirm the gain we put the stock throttle body back on and power fell back to 340 then reinstalled the BBK to see power jump again to 347 rwhp. "

from brenspeed. had cams, exhaust, cai, tune etc etc.

if you read the entire article from brenspeed, you will notice that they did this as one of the last mods. this and the racer version of the C&L intake. without the cams or a power adder, you wont see nearly this gain.

ufnavy06 · Feb 25, 2007

So I shouldn't waste my time with a throttle body at all is the impression I'm getting. I've been looking on Ebay and some other sites to see about getting one because of the relative ease of installation and power increases. The two I was looking at were the BBK and the GMS, both can be seen here http://www.americanmuscle.com/05-07-mustang-throttle-bodies.html

hags1 · Mar 1, 2007

Ouch....$450 for the GMS TB....

If your not doing your cams over then the regular TB is good to go.
If your going to do the cams and go with a larger MAF meter then the TB will provide some more H.P.

hags1

ufnavy06 · Mar 1, 2007

Oh I can get them for like 1/2 that on ebay, I just used that link to provide the two I've seen and the only two for that matter.

JTGrant · Mar 1, 2007

only tb I would get would be the bbk

ufnavy06 · Mar 1, 2007

I'd hope you'd recommend it since you have it

JTGrant · Mar 2, 2007

well I had the LFP and it was a POS

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