New Product for VE V8: 108mm throttle body & manifold

[tomholzy]

Just saw this this afternoon:

108mm Manifold - Suit VE - VCM Performance Online Store

VCM have developed a 108mm throttle body & manifold setup for the V8s. Complete replacement unit, has a larger coupling to fit onto your VCM OTR.
On the 'other' forum which is down at the moment, VCM showed a 15rwkw and 20something Nm gain with it on a Mainline dyno!

I think I saw something about a rebate for sending your old throttle body & manifolds back...

Could be promising as theres been a lack of decent throttle bodies / manifolds for the VEs...

[HEXEM]

Is is just me or where the fuel rails missing from their photos?

[bonners]

I just saw this on LS1. need to find out if it fits the FAST manifold I have

[tomholzy]

isnt the fast manifold 102mm, and also hasnt the fast manifold been shown to have little or no gains (no offence)

it doesnt look like the VCM throttle body & manifold are sold separately either



Im sure the fuel rails just fit on as normal, although yes they appear to be missing in the photo

[TraidMarc]

Just saw this this afternoon:

108mm Manifold - Suit VE - VCM Performance Online Store

VCM have developed a 108mm throttle body & manifold setup for the V8s. Complete replacement unit, has a larger coupling to fit onto your VCM OTR.
On the 'other' forum which is down at the moment, VCM showed a 15rwkw and 20something Nm gain with it on a Mainline dyno!

I think I saw something about a rebate for sending your old throttle body & manifolds back...

Could be promising as theres been a lack of decent throttle bodies / manifolds for the VEs...

forgive me if im wrong, but oz track have had some sort of set up available, basically coming from the usa, I don't think they developed it, the motor is american, and pretty old, corvettes haven't run this motor for a while, but there are 108 mm throttle bodies available. LSX or something like that.

[WogBoyz]

iv ebeen talking to vcm about this, they reakon a 15rkw or so gain, which isnt too bad id like to know what gains id get a with my decent cam setup

[tomholzy]

forgive me if im wrong, but oz track have had some sort of set up available, basically coming from the usa, I don't think they developed it, the motor is american, and pretty old, corvettes haven't run this motor for a while, but there are 108 mm throttle bodies available. LSX or something like that.

Im sure there are some floating around, but this has been specifically developed for the VE by a reputable company...

Other than completely worked & custom built engines, I havent seen any VEs on any of the forums with aftermarket throttle bodies, and maybe one or two with manifolds, so this product gives most of us another bolt-on option which has known gains

[bonners]

But gee it's pricey. Remove comments about the LSX performance, but I can have a Nick Williams billet TB, LSXR manifold and FAST billet fuel rails for less than $2k shipped. Then, because the NW unit is a complete unit I could offload the stock TB to recoup some costs.

Don't get me wrong. I think it's great when these Aussie companies invent and develop these great new products. But why such the high price? Here's a really good example. We are looking at a group buy on LS1 to buy harrop tru tracs. Where are we getting them from? The US. It's cheaper for us to buy an Aussie harrop product from the US including shipping.

Wouldn't mind seeing one in the flesh

[tomholzy]

^^ agree!!

[bonners]

I just read the TB alone is $1458. I'm sorry. But are you serious? It makes the 102mm billet Nick Williams sound like an absolute bargain. It's about 600 odd shipped.

[dmacey]

I just read the TB alone is $1458. I'm sorry. But are you serious? It makes the 102mm billet Nick Williams sound like an absolute bargain. It's about 600 odd shipped.

I'm with yo on this one, I'm more than happy to support locally developed and manufactured products and services. However there is a cut of point. 3 times the cost? my pockets aren't that deep.

PS, you car; Fantastic!