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DBW #65071 Dec 5, 12:08am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT
shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta	What is that? I've never heard of that until recently. Something about the 2003 is built with "drive by wire" or something?!?! Fill me in on this, I never knew, thx!

Re: DBW shox #65072 Dec 5, 12:11am
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica
Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam	i had that question b4...but then i never curious enought to find out someone answer the curious boy's question plz~ I am a HID Maniac!!

Re: DBW shox #65073 Dec 5, 12:13am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT
shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta	Something about our car's being electronically throttled instead of cables...I don't get...

Re: DBW shox #65074 Dec 5, 12:39am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan element_celica Senior Member
element_celica Senior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan	haha i just pm'd you about it. anyways... the 03 models have DBW..which is an electronically computer controlled throttle system. there is no throttle cable involved.and its on most new cars nowadays. if you look in your engine bay, the big black box that is right before the throttle body/intake manifold-where your intake hooks up to,is the DBW module(or whatever you wanna call it). Last edited by element_celica; Dec 5, 2003 12:42am. rip celi... 95 240sx

Re: DBW shox #65075 Dec 5, 12:43am
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica
Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam	does that mean that the throttle wont get loose over time like some of the integras and civics do? my friend's integra's throttle is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo loose... I am a HID Maniac!!

Re: DBW Elec-FuYu #65076 Dec 5, 12:45am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan element_celica Senior Member
element_celica Senior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan	Originally Posted by Elec-FuYu does that mean that the throttle wont get loose over time like some of the integras and civics do? my friend's integra's throttle is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo loose... yes...it will never get loose.. like i said, its computer controlled, how much you press on the gas pedal determines how much the throttle will "open up". Last edited by element_celica; Dec 5, 2003 12:45am. rip celi... 95 240sx

Re: DBW shox #65077 Dec 5, 12:52am
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 3,286 Riverside, CA Steven ECelica Staff 2001 Toyota Celica GTS
Steven ECelica Staff 2001 Toyota Celica GTS Joined: May 2002 Posts: 3,286 Riverside, CA	tell your friend to tighten his throttle cable. it's a matter of tightening 2 bolts on the cable near the throttle body.

Re: DBW element_celica #65078 Dec 5, 12:57am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT
shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta	Originally Posted by element_celica haha i just pm'd you about it. anyways... the 03 models have DBW..which is an electronically computer controlled throttle system. there is no throttle cable involved.and its on most new cars nowadays. if you look in your engine bay, the big black box that is right before the throttle body/intake manifold-where your intake hooks up to,is the DBW module(or whatever you wanna call it). Got a picture of it? I have no idea what you're referring to...

Re: DBW Steven #65079 Dec 5, 1:00am
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica
Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam	Originally Posted by Steven tell your friend to tighten his throttle cable. it's a matter of tightening 2 bolts on the cable near the throttle body. i might as well tell him to do that~ I am a HID Maniac!!

Re: DBW shox #65080 Dec 5, 1:20am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan element_celica Senior Member
element_celica Senior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan	ok, i couldn't find a picture of the engine bay of an 03 close up, so i made this thing. just look in your engine bay tomorrow and compare the differences. Last edited by element_celica; Dec 5, 2003 1:21am. rip celi... 95 240sx

Re: DBW shox #65081 Dec 5, 1:48am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT
shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta	Um...that looks exactly like my engine bay... I don't see the difference, I know for a fact I don't have a black box there and I know I have that cable thing cause I believe one cable there is for the clutch. I don't know bout the wrap around part...

Re: DBW shox #65082 Dec 5, 1:52am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT
shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta	And I also have two pipes running through that square area... Then again, that's a GTS engine, would it be different on a GT?

Re: DBW shox #65083 Dec 5, 1:54am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan element_celica Senior Member
element_celica Senior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan	Originally Posted by shox Um...that looks exactly like my engine bay... I don't see the difference, I know for a fact I don't have a black box there and I know I have that cable thing cause I believe one cable there is for the clutch. I don't know bout the wrap around part... post a pic of you engine bay/throttle body.. there is no clutch cable in that area. if you see a black box with wires coming out of it, that is the dbw module. i'll see if i can find some pics. rip celi... 95 240sx

Re: DBW shox #65084 Dec 5, 5:46am
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana	Here is a pic of an 03...

Re: DBW shox #65085 Dec 5, 5:47am
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana	Man i'm an idiot... It doesn't even show what you are talking about... Sorry...

Re: DBW skdmorse #65086 Dec 5, 8:07pm
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan element_celica Senior Member
element_celica Senior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan	ok i think i was wrong... i think only 2003 gts models have DBW... i'm not sure about gt models... somebody who know's plz correct me. rip celi... 95 240sx

Re: DBW element_celica #65087 Dec 5, 8:18pm
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,917 Southern California tru_Asiatik_Pride Blue MnM 2003 Toyota Celica
tru_Asiatik_Pride Blue MnM 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,917 Southern California	dbw on 03 gts????? i didnt know what that was i guess i do now...i was wondering for a while where my throttle cable was i thought it was hidden or something Last edited by tru_Asiatik_Pride; Dec 5, 2003 8:22pm.

Re: DBW tru_Asiatik_Pride #65088 Dec 5, 8:23pm
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan element_celica Senior Member
element_celica Senior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan	haha you beat me! i just found a pic... yep thats the DBW. rip celi... 95 240sx

Re: DBW shox #65089 Dec 7, 7:52am
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana	2003 GT is drive by wire 2003 GTS ar not...

Re: DBW skdmorse #65090 Dec 7, 9:27am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan element_celica Senior Member
element_celica Senior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan	Originally Posted by skdmorse 2003 GT is drive by wire 2003 GTS ar not... um you might have that backwards... kuz that pic above is a gts, and i have a gts w/ DBW. rip celi... 95 240sx

Re: DBW shox #65091 Dec 7, 5:32pm
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
skdmorse Member 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 359 Columbus, Indiana	Here is what I know... I have a 2003 GT and it is drive by wire... I also know that I bought the aluminum pedals from a 2003 GTS and it was not drive by wire so I had to modify them. I also know that a power FC cannot be used in a 2003 GT because it is drive by wire... So if you have a 2003 GTS with drive by wire then you must have gotten one of the first ones... and the picture above with the nitrous is my car and it is a GT...

Re: DBW shox #65092 Dec 7, 7:07pm
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi
VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ	ALL 2003 Celica's have the DBW. SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: DBW VSGTS14 #65093 Dec 7, 11:58pm
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT
shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta	Originally Posted by VSGTS14 ALL 2003 Celica's have the DBW. Honestly, I do not have that little black box there...

Re: DBW skdmorse #65094 Dec 8, 12:25am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,917 Southern California tru_Asiatik_Pride Blue MnM 2003 Toyota Celica
tru_Asiatik_Pride Blue MnM 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,917 Southern California	Originally Posted by skdmorse Here is what I know... I have a 2003 GT and it is drive by wire... I also know that I bought the aluminum pedals from a 2003 GTS and it was not drive by wire so I had to modify them. I also know that a power FC cannot be used in a 2003 GT because it is drive by wire... So if you have a 2003 GTS with drive by wire then you must have gotten one of the first ones... and the picture above with the nitrou s is my car and it is a GT... the picture i posted is a late model 03 just bought it last march/april so billy would be rite i believe all 03 have dbw gt and gts models unless there was a later batch the came after Last edited by tru_Asiatik_Pride; Dec 8, 2003 12:28am.

Re: DBW shox #65095 Dec 8, 12:54am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,442 Lafayette, LA DiabloGTS Wheezy Joe 2002 Kawasaki Ninja 250
DiabloGTS Wheezy Joe 2002 Kawasaki Ninja 250 Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,442 Lafayette, LA	the only problem with a DBW is that a computer is controlling ANOTHER feature of the automobile. I dunno about everyone else, but I don't like having a computer do anything for me while I drive. like cruise control, ABS, DBW To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation To know even one life has breathed easier This is to have succeeded.

Re: DBW tru_Asiatik_Pride #65096 Dec 8, 12:59am
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT
shox Senior Member 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 797 Calgary, Alberta	Originally Posted by tru_Asiatik_Pride the picture i posted is a late model 03 just bought it last march/april so billy would be rite i believe all 03 have dbw gt and gts models unless there was a later batch the came after March 2003? Cause that's when I bought it and I don't got that little black box...unless they relocated it to else where

Re: DBW shox #65097 Dec 8, 1:07am
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica
Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam	went to check my GTS...it got the the thing in the pics i bought the car in 2003 Jan I am a HID Maniac!!

Re: DBW shox #65098 Dec 8, 4:11pm
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi
VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ	I honestly don't really know. SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

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