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914 ITB's, Pro's and Cons, option opinions and show us your setup!! |
Steve |
Mar 23 2021, 02:15 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,606 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California |
It seems like ITB's are all the rage with our air cooled sixes.
The throttle bodies are either PMO or direct to head either with butterflies or AT-Power with no butterflies. Mark dug up some of the pricing!! Thanks Mark!! X-Faktory uses Megasquirt, Link or Motec M84 https://www.x-faktory.com/uploads/6/3/9/3/6...efi_systems.pdf Starting at $4754 Clewett uses TEC https://www.clewett.com/index.php?main_page...dex&cPath=2 Starting at $8400 Rasant uses exclusively Motec, which is the most expensive https://rasantproducts.com/collections/mote...84-ecu-packages Starting at $5700 for the ITB's and $6200 for the EFI AT-Power offers throttle bodies without butterflies, but use special cams to optimize https://www.atpower.com/ Starting at $13K Lots of options which can raise or lower the price. I have a stock Euro 3.2 with DME that does run fine, but I miss the sound of the webers, but I don't miss the hassle of webers, cold start, poor gas mileage, etc. I know ITB's are expensive, but option 2 at X-Faktory is not that bad and pretty popular over on the Pelican 911 technical forum. Anybody on this forum have any experience with any of these toys? |
mepstein |
Mar 24 2021, 04:46 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,307 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I purchased VEMS for my 3.2 but haven't installed it yet. It doesn't change the look of the induction, just modernizes the electronics and programing and is plug and play to the existing wire harness.
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Steve |
Mar 24 2021, 10:57 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,606 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California |
I purchased VEMS for my 3.2 but haven't installed it yet. It doesn't change the look of the induction, just modernizes the electronics and programing and is plug and play to the existing wire harness. What does it include? There website is horrible and I don't see any installation manuals. I also have a mustang MAF with adapter that works with stock DME. I noticed a small uptick with wide open throttle. Otherwise at low RPM's it didn't do much. In Bruce Anderson's book he said a MAF is good for around 10hp, chip for another 10hp and better exhaust for around another 10hp. I already have a Steve Wong chip and ben's heat exchangers. The chip and ben's heat exchangers have been the best improvement so far. |
mepstein |
Mar 25 2021, 07:12 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,307 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I purchased VEMS for my 3.2 but haven't installed it yet. It doesn't change the look of the induction, just modernizes the electronics and programing and is plug and play to the existing wire harness. What does it include? There website is horrible and I don't see any installation manuals. I also have a mustang MAF with adapter that works with stock DME. I noticed a small uptick with wide open throttle. Otherwise at low RPM's it didn't do much. In Bruce Anderson's book he said a MAF is good for around 10hp, chip for another 10hp and better exhaust for around another 10hp. I already have a Steve Wong chip and ben's heat exchangers. The chip and ben's heat exchangers have been the best improvement so far. I purchased it through Peep, Raceboy on Pelican. He builds a wire harness for it so it can plug into the stock 3.2 harness. I mostly purchased for a custom 3.2 I'm building with hot cams, 3.4 cylinders, max moritz pistons, higher compression, etc. It uses the stock 3.2 reference sensors and modern injectors. I don't think the FI adds power but will be very tunable to let the engine achieve it's best results. It was ~ $1,200 It sounds like you've already attended to the low hanging fruit with the chip and exhaust. While you might see your engine as a bit boring, I would be really hesitant to touch it. One of the best things about a 3.2 is it's "boring" ability to start and run smooth and dependably when you turn the key. |
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