Comments on: Motorcycle throttle bodies for your car

By: dravin21

dravin21 — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:48:23 +0000

lil out of my reach there but my old subaru justy had constant carb issues so i welded a manidold up and put the carbs from a 1979 750 special on it … took some rejetting to get the power back up but with those and a glasspack it rumbled nicely

By: Citizen_Insane

Citizen_Insane — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:53:57 +0000

First off, why are you comparing ITB’s to a turbo? Completely different.

Anyway, the other thing you should mention here is how hard it is to tune ITBs. You can’t just slap em on and hope you car runs well, you’ll need to redo your fuel maps so that the car runs correctly. For OBD1 Hondas, check out CHROME and for OBD0 check out turboedit (dead but you should still be able to find roms on the net).

Drivability isn’t much of an issue with ITB’s if they’re tuned right. HOwever they won’t make a lot more power than the stock manifold unless you’re running some serious engine mods. Think high comp pistons, nice header and some decent head work (PnP + cams).

By: byteflip

byteflip — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:41:35 +0000

This info's source was ripped from HMT which should be getting respect for this write up.

http://homemadeturbo.com/tech_projects/itb/index.html

god damn rippers.

much respect goes to
homemadeturbo.com
pgmfi.org / forum.pgmfi.org
honda-tech

By: H8tred

H8tred — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:30:57 +0000

What's all this? You guys are really making me feel hopeless as though I truly have come to the end of the internet. Not only is this all over damn near every car enthusiast site, but it was posted on here back in '05. http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/16/individual-throttle-body-setup/

How about letting people know about PGMFI.Orgs struggle with Hondata who has been trying to shut down all grass roots development of DIY ECU tunning.

By: npre

npre — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:37:22 +0000

This is pretty popular for Hondas and VWs, on my Jetta I used CBR600RR throttle bodies, they make a fun noise but are nowhere near the power & drivability you can get from a good turbo. There is a VW forum dedicated to this mod: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeroforum?id=517

By: Benjamin Jones

Benjamin Jones — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:05:06 +0000

Never thought I’d see ITBs on hackaday, :p. It nice work though…the real crazy diy is running ITBs with a turbo.

By: miked

miked — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:16:49 +0000

i approve of this post

By: Bender386

Bender386 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:50:14 +0000

Eliot posted this back in 2005 http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/16/individual-throttle-body-setup/ same project just on a different forum.

By: strider_mt2k

strider_mt2k — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:04:55 +0000

YOWZA!

I'm circuit bending a 50-cent electronic guitar and feeling "differently-abled" by comparison!

Go dude, GO!