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Yamaha R6 Throttle body question - megasqirt
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:04 pm
by rob_lee
Hi all.
Just signed up here
Anyway im fitting a set of R6 tb's to a 1.6 16v Vauxhall engine using V3
Can anyone help me identify what this is? Im good on car stuff but using bike parts is new to me.
Thanks in advance
Rob
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:59 pm
by Uncle Bob
that is the cold idle control. coolant is ran through it, and raises the idle until the motor warms up.
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:43 pm
by rob_lee
Thanks matey
Im using megasquirt V3, Shall i disable that cold start control thing or use it?
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:46 pm
by 65ShelbyClone
That would actually be pretty handy to keep.

You don't need to configure any idle air control valve unless the Yamaha system presents a problem.
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:51 pm
by Uncle Bob
simplicity is best. I'd use the stock valve too.....have to route coolant lines to it, but shouldn't be hard.
Honda car EFI engines used the same setup for decades. Its a good system IMO
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:12 pm
by rob_lee
Question tho... can i leave the holes open where the sliders were and use the two outlets at each end of the TB's for brake servo pipe or will it cause too much air restriction or disturbance?

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:15 pm
by Uncle Bob
why remove the slides? It will improve drivability without effecting performance.
edit: I misread your question. There is no vacuum at those outlets. Those ports are for intake pressure reference for the slides (IE, pressure changes due to ram air on the stock bike)
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:59 pm
by rob_lee
where can i get a take off point for the brake servo?
Will it be easier to tap into the inlet manifold then?
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:01 pm
by rob_lee
Also will not using an electrical idle control valve upset the megasquirt management?
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:01 pm
by Uncle Bob
rob_lee wrote:where can i get a take off point for the brake servo?
Will it be easier to tap into the inlet manifold then?
anything between the butterflies and the intake valves. No vacuum anywhere else.
You can tie the individual vacuum ports together, or make new ones.
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:05 pm
by Uncle Bob
rob_lee wrote:Also will not using an electrical idle control valve upset the megasquirt management?
what electric idle control valve? The one on the ITB's isn't electronic.
But MS doesn't really care how the throttle is manipulated. Its job is to give the right amount of fuel for a given RPM/intake pressure.
If you were installing an IAC controlled by MS, then that would be different, but assuming you're using the stock cold idle adjuster, there is no electrical connection to anything. It purely operates off of coolant temp. (it also doesn't "control" idle, just raises the idle slightly until engine is up to temp)
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:07 pm
by rob_lee
So in other words i just tape up the wires on megasquirt that would normally go to the ICV?
Rob
PS.. Thanks for you help Uncle Bob

Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:08 pm
by Uncle Bob
rob_lee wrote:So in other words i just tape up the wires on megasquirt that would normally go to the ICV?
Rob
PS.. Thanks for you help Uncle Bob

exactly. Not much point on using the function when this does the same thing in a simpler manner
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:11 pm
by rob_lee
Excellent
Any idea about the vacuum take off for the brake servo?
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:14 pm
by Uncle Bob

you didn't like my first answer on that?
There should be vacuum ports that feed a log that feeds the stock MAP sensor. Those are the only stock vacuum ports. If you don't like them, you'll have to add new ones
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:27 pm
by rob_lee
Will there be enough vacuum if i use the small MAP sensor hoses and joint it to the brake servo pipe?
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:30 pm
by Uncle Bob
someone that has done this type of conversion before would be better at answering that (I play with bikes, never done ITB's on a car)....but keep in mind, ITB's will lower your vacuum. Even with mild cams, 10-12"/hg is about the most vacuum you will see, and it drops off quickly when cruising
Will the ports flow enough, I don't know.....not sure how much flow is really required. I would think lack of vacuum would be a problem before lack of flow.....