Throttle Body Configuration

Throttle Body Configuration

In fuel injected engines, the throttle body is the part of the air
intake system that controls the amount of air flowing into the
engine, in response to driver accelerator pedal input in the
main. The throttle body is usually located between the air filter
box and the intake manifold, and it is usually attached to, or
near, the mass airflow sensor. (A throttle body is no more than
a tube or barrel that regulates air into the engines inlet
manifold)
In communications or computer systems, a configuration is
an arrangement of functional units according to their nature,
number, and chief characteristics. Often, configuration
pertains to the choice of hardware, software, firmware, and
documentation. The configuration affects system function
and performance.
1. Single throttle body configuration
Most vehicles come from the factory with a single throttle
body primarily due to cost concerns. In a single throttle
body design, air rushes into the intake manifolds plenum
when the throttle is opened. While the response is relatively
quick, there is still a brief paused between the time the air
rushes into and fills the plenum, and when it actually runs
into each cylinder.
Advantages:

1. Useful on off-road vehicles

2. Better cold starting
3. Better reliability
4. Uses the exact amount of gas needed
5. They’re cheap to make because there’s only one of them
per car
Disadvantages:

If you are making major mods (big cam, major displacement

change), hard to adjust for those changes.
2. Individual Throttle Bodies
As the name suggests, this means that
there’s not one throttle body for all
cylinders, but a throttle body for each
individual cylinder. This is a common
motorsports setup on naturally aspirated
engines, but also exists on some
performance road cars and most
motorbikes.
Unlike single throttle bodies, air flow is basically unrestricted and
there’s no vacuum in an intake that air needs to be pulled from.
The air also does not have to make twists an turns to reach a
cylinder. With ITBs, air has a straight path into a cylinder. Also,
like equal length headers on an exhaust, ITBs also ensure that
the distance air has to travel into a cylinder is the same across all
cylinders. In single throttle body set up this is not possible,
making air speed/volume and fuel flow potentially very different
from one cylinder to the next.
Advantages:

1. Provides more accurate fuel metering and response

2. Better throttle response and full throttle power
3. They don’t scavenge air from the cylinder and there’s a
virtually unlimited supply of air to the engine
4. Remains full of air whether the throttle is opened or
closed
Disadvantages:

1. Sensitive to tune
2. It won’t work on turbo cars
Cars with individual throttle body

1978 BMW M1
1985 BMW M3
1989 NISSAN SKYLINE
Throttle Body Design
 Types
1. Dual throttle Bodies
1. Dual throttle Bodies

These perform the same function as the individual

bodies but have two single bodies which are joined
together with a fixed spacing between the individual
barrels which may not be absolutely in line with the
inlet ports.
1. Dual throttle Bodies
Often the difference in alignment between barrels and
ports is negligible and so does not affect the
performance of the engine; a set of dual throttle bodies
is normally substantially cheaper than a set of individual
throttle bodies. Dual bodies can often be fitted directly
in the place of existing carburetors utilizing the same
manifold, air filters etc., which can bring down the costs
considerably.
2. Direct to head Throttle Bodies
AT Power’s Direct to Head (DTH) individual throttle bodies
are a high performance system with an individual butterfly
sized for each inlet port. This is the ultimate performance
option for most installations.

Our direct to head throttle bodies are port matched to suit

each engine variant. The throttle bodies are a twin housing
design significantly improving the airflow into the engine and
offering a lightweight solution