I have the sudden urge to fit ITBs to my car.

"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock) 04/24/2015 at 06:24 • Filed to: None

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I wouldn’t actually do it because putting ITBs on such a rubbish engine is a complete waste of time, but it would make a nicer noise. Not as nice as that CRX though of course.

random001 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/24/2015 at 06:33

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Your argument is invalid. ITB all the things!!!

I love a good ITB engine. But what I want to know is, can you ITB a turbo engine? Unlikley on a roots SC'd engine, since it, you know, has a supercharger in the way, but a turbo might be able to make it work. with gusto. Until it blows up.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > random001 04/24/2015 at 06:38

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It might be possible but you wouldn’t get any improvement in noise and probably no increase in power. It’d be a complete pain overall most likely. Stick with high revving N/A engines and ITBs, they’re excellent.

random001 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/24/2015 at 06:46

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True on the noise, but what I've always loved about ITBs is the throttle response is something god himself couldn't have planned better. Was thinking it might help low end pre-spool response. Was just a thought.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > random001 04/24/2015 at 06:51

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It’s possible, but with turbo cars it be much cooler to go with some antilag goodness.

Leon711 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/24/2015 at 06:52

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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Leon711 04/24/2015 at 06:56

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That’s the same basic engine as my car (Renault changed it a bit over the years but the basic block is the same I think). I could totally do this.

Leon711 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/24/2015 at 07:01

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carbs from an R6 are cheaper than Jenvey Throttle Bodies.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Leon711 04/24/2015 at 07:03

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If it didn’t need to be used every day and be fairly sensible, I’d love to do something like this. I’ll have a project car one day...

Sam > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/24/2015 at 07:20

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Man, if my E34 wasn’t so nice, I’d totally do ITBs that stick straight through the hood.

3.0l V8 FTW

Cé hé sin > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/24/2015 at 07:30

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Just go and buy a TR6 before they get even dearer. They have them as standard...

Mind you they’re too expensive even now!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin 04/24/2015 at 07:34

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I’m about £12k short of the cheapest one on autotrader...

Mattbob > random001 04/24/2015 at 07:37

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sure you can turbo an ITB engine. You just make a boost box around them and have the turbo pressurize that box.

Opposite Locksmith > random001 04/24/2015 at 08:17

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RB26det

random001 > Opposite Locksmith 04/24/2015 at 08:25

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Sounds very Nissan...

Opposite Locksmith > random001 04/24/2015 at 08:36

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It’s an fi itb’d I6

random001 > Opposite Locksmith 04/24/2015 at 08:41

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So there is hope for this mad plan! MUWAHAHAHAHA!

Opposite Locksmith > random001 04/24/2015 at 08:42

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Join my team, the lurking skid demons

random001 > Opposite Locksmith 04/24/2015 at 08:55

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Team? What team? We have teams?!

Opposite Locksmith > random001 04/24/2015 at 08:57

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The League of Commenters

Tatanko > Opposite Locksmith 04/24/2015 at 09:36

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This. Factory ITB turbo engine. BMW also used a “boxed” ITB setup for the S65 V8 and S85 V10 engines that would be easy to use in a turbo setup.

random001 > Opposite Locksmith 04/24/2015 at 09:44

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Is it an Evil League of Commenters?

Cé hé sin > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/24/2015 at 10:01

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Yes, that could be a problem and sadly the price is only going to go one way!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin 04/24/2015 at 10:08

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That’s the nature of classics, one day they’re barely worth saving and being scrapped constantly, then a decade or two later they’ve become so rare the value sky-rockets.

MonkeePuzzle > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/24/2015 at 10:25

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there is an odd amount of love for the SOHC honda engines. With a bit of love they can sound great and perform well. If I ever wrote off my current engine I’d be pretty tempted to go with the far cheaper SOHC and do something like you’ve posted

Opposite Locksmith > Tatanko 04/24/2015 at 10:38

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I knew a thing :))

I love the bulge in the e9x hood for the “boxed” itb setup

BKRM3 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/24/2015 at 10:45

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As a person who owns a car with 8 ITBs, I highly recommend you ITB every damn car you can lay your hands on.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > BKRM3 04/25/2015 at 05:41

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Maybe some day when I don’t need the car to be sensible and get good fuel economy. I really need a project car, I can’t do much with my Renault.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > MonkeePuzzle 04/25/2015 at 05:45

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I does sound amazing, also I imagine they’re relatively easy to get hold of. When you have a cheaper engine you’re more likely to get a bit more creative with it. My engine is so common I can replace it for about £150, but it’s also only 1.2 litre and 8 valve, good for about 60hp. Maybe a 2 litre engine swap is in my future.

BKRM3 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 04/25/2015 at 08:22

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Project cars are the best cars!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > BKRM3 04/25/2015 at 08:46

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Agreed.