I'm working on designing my own ITB set up for the 1UZ and considering selling em if it works as well as I think it will. I'm trying to make it so it will be streetable and I think I've solved that problem. My first one will go on an engine with a stand alone ECU, but I may do one to work with the stock ECU and use the MAF sensor. So my question is, would people be willing to pay say $3500usd for one, for either configuration, bolt on, ready to go?
ITB Manifold, Is There a Market?
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Depends on the ITB's you plan on using. If you're going to try to sell this setup for $3500 using bike throttle bodies as you mentioned in your previous thread, then no, there's no way it'll sell.
If you're using Jenvey's, TWM Induction's or some other "built for purpose" ITB's then "maybe".
Understand that these engines are only $500 at the salvage yard. Most people would have to think long and hard before they'd drop $3500 on an ITB setup to only get 300 HP out of a junkyard engine. For that kind of money they could put turbos or a supercharger on the engine and get 500 HP or more out of it. That's the mentality of most of the guys fooling with these engines here in the US. Most are trying to get the most bang out of their buck.
The dedicated racers who use this engine and can't run forced induction due to rules restrictions might pay it, but there are already much cheaper alternatives out there. Here's one: http://a1turbos.co.nz/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=A&Product_Code=8TMS1&Category_Code=1QT which goes for $2600 NZD list, which at today's conversion rate is just over $1300 USD.....
Not trying to burst your bubble, but if I were you, I'd rethink this as a commercial endeavor.
If you're using Jenvey's, TWM Induction's or some other "built for purpose" ITB's then "maybe".
Understand that these engines are only $500 at the salvage yard. Most people would have to think long and hard before they'd drop $3500 on an ITB setup to only get 300 HP out of a junkyard engine. For that kind of money they could put turbos or a supercharger on the engine and get 500 HP or more out of it. That's the mentality of most of the guys fooling with these engines here in the US. Most are trying to get the most bang out of their buck.
The dedicated racers who use this engine and can't run forced induction due to rules restrictions might pay it, but there are already much cheaper alternatives out there. Here's one: http://a1turbos.co.nz/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=A&Product_Code=8TMS1&Category_Code=1QT which goes for $2600 NZD list, which at today's conversion rate is just over $1300 USD.....
Not trying to burst your bubble, but if I were you, I'd rethink this as a commercial endeavor.
