17-02-2015, 09:38 AM
Bike bodies can work well or they can be terrible - the devil is in the detail.
Someone like Colin Satchell makes an excellent setup using bike bodies done properly, but a typical lashed up setup done at home with a DIY manifold and silicon joiners isn't likely to work very well.
Jenvey's work well enough and are a known quantity, but the Jenvey Mi16 "kit" is a bit of a compromise and can be improved up - the manifold in particular isn't really ideal and considerable gains can be made with a properly designed one, again from the likes of Colin Satchell.
You can't use the original ECU and whilst you could heavily modify the loom, you'd be much better off starting with a scratch built loom or at least a more suited donor loom. ECU wise you'll need something aftermarket like DTA, Emerald or Omex.
That's the problem with ITB's - it tends to work out quite expensive to do once you've got the 'bodies, ECU, all the extra bits (which quickly add up) and paid to have it mapped. You won't have change from £1500, put it that way, and depending how much you can do yourself it might well be a fair bit over and above that.
That said, Mi16's on ITB's are truly wonderful things. Bwaaaaaarrrp!
Someone like Colin Satchell makes an excellent setup using bike bodies done properly, but a typical lashed up setup done at home with a DIY manifold and silicon joiners isn't likely to work very well.
Jenvey's work well enough and are a known quantity, but the Jenvey Mi16 "kit" is a bit of a compromise and can be improved up - the manifold in particular isn't really ideal and considerable gains can be made with a properly designed one, again from the likes of Colin Satchell.
You can't use the original ECU and whilst you could heavily modify the loom, you'd be much better off starting with a scratch built loom or at least a more suited donor loom. ECU wise you'll need something aftermarket like DTA, Emerald or Omex.
That's the problem with ITB's - it tends to work out quite expensive to do once you've got the 'bodies, ECU, all the extra bits (which quickly add up) and paid to have it mapped. You won't have change from £1500, put it that way, and depending how much you can do yourself it might well be a fair bit over and above that.
That said, Mi16's on ITB's are truly wonderful things. Bwaaaaaarrrp!
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