Dbilas throttle body's

[Siggo]

Hi
Has any one tried bdilas throttle body's . Can get throttle body cams and chip for £1000

[magpie]

what engine ?

[Siggo]

M40 18i 8 v

[magpie]

is this a wind up

[Rav335uk]

is this a wind up

HAHAHAHAHAHHA

[Siggo]

No. I know what people think about these engines. Some like some hate .just want to keep this engine to see what I can do and get out of her. Don't want to do another engine swap

[Jesus325iTouring]

Dale used them, but hasn't been on here for about 10 years though.

[magpie]

No. I know what people think about these engines. Some like some hate .just want to keep this engine to see what I can do and get out of her. Don't want to do another engine swap

boost it then

[magpie]

someone on here had a green boosted m40 cab

[Siggo]

Doing that as well

[HairyScreech]

I would suggest you do a lot more reading, you will find you plans do not make sense.

[bab-91]

No. I know what people think about these engines. Some like some hate .just want to keep this engine to see what I can do and get out of her. Don't want to do another engine swap

Dbilas TB will not add a single pony to any engine.


Personally I'd still buy them, rare morsel and eye candy.

[ross_jsy]

Boosted and throttle bodies? Save yourself a lot of hassle for no gains and leave the stock inlet on

[Siggo]

Ok that's a big no for that then

[bab-91]

Ok that's a big no for that then

Are you fookin' insane? At £1k they are a bargain, get them bought and sell them on.

[steve_k]

Boosted and throttle bodies? Save yourself a lot of hassle for no gains and leave the stock inlet on

wasn't it toby unna who used a turbo & TB's on his m30?? on here & in PPC mag??

[Siggo]

Guys a need people who have tried and tested this . Not going on what they think or heard . I'm Geting different views . I have researched and have read about these giving more power . Are they not similar to they gtr airbox and to what's on m cars

[Rav335uk]

Boosted and throttle bodies? Save yourself a lot of hassle for no gains and leave the stock inlet on

wasn't it toby unna who used a turbo & TB's on his m30?? on here & in PPC mag??

No, it was StaleyTurbo

[Kedge]

Boosted and throttle bodies? Save yourself a lot of hassle for no gains and leave the stock inlet on

wasn't it toby unna who used a turbo & TB's on his m30?? on here & in PPC mag??

No, it was StaleyTurbo

He bought the TB set up off of Toby.

[steve_k]

wasn't it toby unna who used a turbo & TB's on his m30?? on here & in PPC mag??

No, it was StaleyTurbo

He bought the TB set up off of Toby.

thats what i meant, did he ever finish it?? i remember reading about it in PPC a few years ago.

[HairyScreech]

You can make it work, and work well, but the time and money spent would see much bigger better things from using another engine to start with or going for better turbo bits.

1K is enough for rods and pistons for some engines or you could use that cash to ditch the M40 for an M44 and start with a 16v 1.9 engine.

[Siggo]

Ok thanks . Would like to keep engine if I can and do the best with it

[Kedge]

thats what i meant, did he ever finish it?? i remember reading about it in PPC a few years ago.

He got it up and running, but I don't think it was ever running very well. Stripped the car in the as the shell was crap and he was moving from Leics up to Sheffield.

Staley has got it running, and very well, but then from looking at build pics he's spent a lot of £££££ on it.

[Kedge]

Ok thanks . Would like to keep engine if I can and do the best with it

Just concentrate on getting it running spot on, wasting your money trying to add performance to an M40. Once that's done look at chassis mods instead!

[bss325i]

thats what i meant, did he ever finish it?? i remember reading about it in PPC a few years ago.

He got it up and running, but I don't think it was ever running very well. Stripped the car in the as the shell was crap and he was moving from Leics up to Sheffield.

Staley has got it running, and very well, but then from looking at build pics he's spent a lot of £££££ on it.

Toby came to a dyno day i organised at Evolve back in 2007 with the turbo'd ITB'd M30 and it made the most power on the day until Karan came with his S38B36 turd right toward the end of the day.

[bab-91]

Interesting, my understanding was they were a white elephant.

[Motorhole]

Really don't understand the insistence on keeping the M40. The cost of doing all that work to an M40 isn't going to be significantly less than doing it to, say an M42 or M44 but the end result would be far superior - and dropping an SR20 in could probably be done for less. If I'm spending lots of money I'd want the best possible results for it! If you got two identical quotes to have your drive tarmacced; one from the local travelling contingent and one from a reputable pro; surely you'd choose the pro?

[Kedge]

thats what i meant, did he ever finish it?? i remember reading about it in PPC a few years ago.

He got it up and running, but I don't think it was ever running very well. Stripped the car in the as the shell was crap and he was moving from Leics up to Sheffield.

Staley has got it running, and very well, but then from looking at build pics he's spent a lot of £££££ on it.

Toby came to a dyno day i organised at Evolve back in 2007 with the turbo'd ITB'd M30 and it made the most power on the day until Karan came with his S38B36 turd right toward the end of the day.

I know it did make good power, just thought he was never fully happy with how it ran, although I remember Ant did go up and spend a day tuning the MS so might have been a lot better after that. Good effort for something built on the side of the road

Interesting, my understanding was they were a white elephant.

The ITB's were from an M5, proper parts

[bab-91]

Interesting, my understanding was they were a white elephant.

The ITB's were from an M5, proper parts

Ah, sorry, long day, must have missed that.


Still, white elephant or not, I'd still have Dbilas for aesthetics.


Not that ITB'ing is a cheap 'bolt on' to begin with.

[Kedge]

They're not, but I've got RHD Engineering ITBs on the wishlist for mine.

[ajay]

We have a 318i cab and wanted a bit more poke as we found we had to constantly move out of the way of faster traffic on motorways, although smooth and reliable the M40 was, i realised it would be a waste of time trying to get more from it and fitted a complete M42 engine, gearbox & prop. Night & day improvement, excellent reliability, original looking engine bay, 16V & no complications, win win!

[bab-91]

They're not, but I've got RHD Engineering ITBs on the wishlist for mine.

I shall be watching your IG with interest!

[reggid]

dbilas is good for bling and nothing else. the way their manifolds attach to the head and the chosen runner geometry kills any chance for sucess

[Kedge]

They're not, but I've got RHD Engineering ITBs on the wishlist for mine.

I shall be watching your IG with interest!

You'll have to be bloody patient then

[DHFiS]

Really don't understand the insistence on keeping the M40.

Unless restricted by competition regs it does look pointless to start with the M40.

Say the OP fitted the ITBs, reworked the head, fitted custom cam shaft and exhaust, possibly even needing a bigger rad to deal with the extra cooling, then spent hours on the dyno to get everything running perfectly and upped the power output by 25% what would he have?

About what an M42 makes but without the reliability.