I have been looking at a Skunk2 throttle body for the S and there seems to be 2 variants

1) Skunk2 Alpha Series: https://www.tegiwaimports.com/select...-f-series.html

2) Skunk2 Pro Series: https://www.tegiwaimports.com/select...-f-series.html

Now apart from price, nearly £100, can anyone shed any light on the differences. Is there any merit to getting the Pro over the Alpha?

Thanks in advance.

 

I brought the cheaper one and it was a complete and utter waste of money. The car needs to be remapped to get the most out of it. Unless you have an aftermarket ecu i would leave well alone

 

I already have the aftermarket ecu and getting a remap in a couple of weeks so would potentially be doing this beforehand.

 

The size of the throttle body controls the velocity of the air. Smaller throttle bodies make the air go faster, larger throttle bodies make the air move slower. Since the velocity of the air is limited to the speed of sound, which is 767.58 mph (miles per hour) or 67547.4 fpm (feet per minute), a throttle body which is too small could limit air flow in the engine. If throttle body size is too large for a particular engine, the air will move too slowly and reduce power.

 

Bruce get the spoon one pal

 

Spoon may be awesome but £600 more awesome? I am skeptical. The Skunk2 one is £120 where as the spoon one is £700

http://www.spoonsportseurope.net/pro...0-ap1-040.html

 

The standard Intake manifold has a bore of 69mm and the standard throttle body size is 65mm

The Skunk2 has a bore of 70mm. Surely the best approach would be to port match the existing intake manifold to the 70mm of the Skunk2 throttle body.

 

I tend to agree with this, however me thinks it will be quite a big job as surely you will need to remove the inlet manifold.
Are there any spacers available to avoid removing the manifold ?

good luck.

 

Why didn't Mr Honda just match the port sizes in the first place. Something tells me there's a lot more to it.

 

My main issue with the throttle body was that to me it offered no gains. With the OEM throttle as you push the pedal more you get a progressive feeling all the way to full throttle. You can feel it actually changing the engines note and performance. With the larger one once you get to about 50% throttle its flowing enough air even for the engine at 9000rpm, you push it down further and it makes no difference. I didnt like the feeling of that compared to the OEM throttle.

People do port the manifold in situ but its not something i would recommend.