i came across a set twm itbs for sale at a great price. woulld it be overkill on my setup is not tuned. i put down 180 whp.

Jdm itr
buddy club vt
brian crower stage 2 cams
aebs im whale ***** intake
knockoff hytech header
buddy club exhaust
buddy club cam gears


Modified by 1greatEG at 2:46 PM 6/17/2008

 

ive come to the conclusion that if you have to ask this question you are not ready for itb's and what they take to set up.

if you are still on stock cams...then yes almost definetly they are too much. i still think they were almost too much for me, but with winter teardown ill be ok i think

 

ive done plenty research and my tuner said its just a pain in the *** for a few extra horsepower with my bottom end being stock. Im not on stock cams. ive read there is alot of issues with twm itb's that i dont really want to deal with right now. ive spoke to my tuner and im not going to get the itbs right now. i was just asking if it was overkill with my block being stock and i can extract hp from there.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1greatEG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i came across a set twm itbs for sale at a great price. woulld it be overkill on my setup is not tuned. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

You would definielty need to get it retuned. If you can get them for a SUPER deal, then pick them up and store them away until you build the bottom end and retune it.

 

its only untuned because I bought hondata and p72 of the intraweb and the p72 is junk. I was on th dyno for a couple hours trying to figure that out.

 

itbs aren't about power they are about throttle response and flat torque curves. If you did do your research you would know that they make the same or less peak power as a manifold.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by killerpenguin21 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">itbs aren't about power they are about throttle response and flat torque curves. If you did do your research you would know that they make the same or less peak power as a manifold.</TD></TR></TABLE>

^^ This.

They will raise your volumetric efficiency which in turn usually results in more power, however this is NOT why the majority of people run them.

Stick with a manifold and save yourself hours of tuning costs.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2LEM1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

^^ This.

They will raise your volumetric efficiency which in turn usually results in more power, however this is NOT why the majority of people run them.

Stick with a manifold and save yourself hours of tuning costs.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats what im going to do. Yea after I did some reading i seen how flat the torque curves were I really liked that but not at this point. ill post up my dyno graph in a couple weeks thanks for your help

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2LEM1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

^^ This.

They will raise your volumetric efficiency which in turn usually results in more power, however this is NOT why the majority of people run them.

Stick with a manifold and save yourself hours of tuning costs.</TD></TR></TABLE>

sometimes but i havent realy seen more than 3-5whp more when on an identical setup.

heres itb's at work.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by emotionisdead &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You would definielty need to get it retuned. If you can get them for a SUPER deal, then pick them up and store them away until you build the bottom end and retune it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Said best in bold. No need to further elaborate on the topic.

 

 

Pass on the itb's and save up for a k series

 

why? For half the price I have no issue taking on stock k swaps.