OBX ITB Individual Throttle Body 94-97 Mazda Miata 1.8L

[Festevil3]

Has anyone ever tried anything like this on a BP?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OBX-ITB-Indi...sories&vxp=mtr

[FastOrBust]

Postman had ITB's on his BP, I'm not sure what brand they were.

[gorgonheimer]

Most guys on CP.com who have ITBs, use bike stuff. I think it would be baller. That and a lightened flywheel combined with a crank that's been knife-edged. Mmmm, rev happy.

[deathrace2000]

I would imagine that those are leaps and bounds better than bike throttle bodies.

[Bert]

These are mechanical carbs. They're pretty looking. Are the emissions people going to let something like this pass on former EFI cars? Or is this strictly race track gear?

[crazyrog17]

OBX ITB Individual Throttle Body 94-97 Mazda Miata 1.8L

I don't think they're carbs. There is a fuel rail with blue ends, the throttle bodies just have a butterfly inside each trumpet.

[Bert]

I don't think they're carbs. There is a fuel rail with blue ends, the throttle bodies just have a butterfly inside each trumpet.

Whatever is going on in there the package is a whole lot tidier and smaller than OEM stuff.

[sasquatch]

ya, to make this work you will need to run the engine on some sort of standalone ecu... itb's make good power and sound O so sweet....

[BigElCat]

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Check the OBXs mounted on a Toy V-8...I bet that's bad ass.

[sasquatch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OtSq62J610

[festyfreak39]

ITB's are awesome.... in theory.

a) they are a pain to tune
b) they are a pain to balance

I've had friends with built honda's and mazdas go "RAWR LOOK AT MY ITB'S 200 WHP" and then get sick of their car running like poop, switch to a well designed throttle body and intake manifold and gain hp/tq and driveabilty

Just food for thought.

[Bert]

ITB's are awesome.... in theory.

a) they are a pain to tune
b) they are a pain to balance

I've had friends with built honda's and mazdas go "RAWR LOOK AT MY ITB'S 200 WHP" and then get sick of their car running like poop, switch to a well designed throttle body and intake manifold and gain hp/tq and driveabilty

Just food for thought.

Yes I can readily imagine the presto-electronic generation immediately becoming frustrated with old-fashioned-type tuning. And multiple intake (carb?) setups have always been a chore to tune, back then too. But some guys absolutely loved it and spent hours bent over with their stethoscopes, screwdrivers and wrenches.

[Bert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OtSq62J610

I watched this plus a few others over the past year. This is complete Bulls&*t stuff. Anyone with a beginners driver's license can 'pretend to drive' like that. 40 years ago Grand Prix Wrestling was purported to be real and now I guess it is 'drift' driving. I don't doubt the cars are real but putting 200 hp up front and then purposely leaving the handbrake on is just plain stupid. Fewer people get hurt I guess (at 60 mph while looking like 100) and lots of smoke and seemingly out of control cars seem to mollify the patrons. I'll pass.

[festyfreak39]

carb's hurt my brain. My dad has twin webers on his toyota.

Its was a mix of sorcery, black magic, and thebabyjesus that go that darn thing running right.