84 'Ceptor FUEL INJECTED in the Works

Well i was talking to another Local guy with an 84 interceptor today and i guess he has a friend who is an engineer and they are talking about making his interceptor F.I. and not Carbed. His buddy said he could do it so after his bike is done and if everything goes smoothly, i will be getting mine done as well. I will be sure to give updates as soon as i know what route to take for this to be done.

 

That's a lot of work for a "non-FI" vehicle. Be interesting to see how it comes out. Keep us updated, please!

 

Forget the engineer's dream: the project won't work properly. Won't work ! A pipe dream.

By the time anyone finished paying for a set-up like FI on that old clunker (where many parts would need to be custom fabricated), you could buy a newer bike that's better in every way and has FI built in, not thrown together by amateurs.

If you can't get your carbs to work right, you don't have the technical know-how to get an improvised FI working right either.

 

Dad? Is that you? Wrecking my dreams and demoralizing me from beyond?

C'mon squirrel - you're a good man who's provided invaluable service to numerous members of this forum already, but ain't that a little bit harsh?

How about just telling them "good fucking luck". Subtle, yet encouraging. Makes it a win win.

 

That's pretty cool! Definitely be something to consider for the race car. I kindof wonder how they plan on doing everything though...the hard part is finding a set of ITB's for an I4. After that, it's a really straight forward thing to do if you can figure a way to get a CPS installed on the VFR. A simple megasquirt box can be built/tuned for a song and a dance and an NA engine is a cakewalk to tune over forced induction!

 

Getting FI to work on carburated engine is not that difficult really. The Megasquirt system provides all of the control needed. All you have to do is get the appropriate sensors installed and to fabricate the injector assembly and high pressure fuel pump system. There is a decent amount of fabrication needed but the technical part is taken care of the Megasquirt.

The biggest roadblock I've found is the fuel pump. My concern has always been the current draw of an FI pump system. A guy on the V4 BBS was doing this modification a few years back and was not worried about this. On paper there appears to be enough overhead in the charging system, but I'm skeptical. That said, I bought an R6 fuel pump a while back just in case......

 

Why?!?!?!?

 

Why not?!?!?!?!?!

 

Fuel injection is an advancement in technology but I have to ask, has this upgrade been accomplished - on a First Gen - with proven results?

On this note, aren't the Honda V4 carburetors really an excellent piece of engineering - is there really a need to switch these out for another system?

Thx!

 

I am totally a fan of going for it but I'm wondering why the bad press on the Honda V4 carburetors.

Aren't they an excellent piece of engineering?

 

Not being defensive here. More I'm wondering, for my own edification, what the pros and cons are to going to a fuel injected system on a Gen 1. There are some drawbacks to making this switch, right?

 

Again, really trying to learn a bit more on this topic and I am not trying to be ornery - but I would think, space requirements, weight and electrical loads would be a consideration here...though this is more raised as a question.

I would appreciate any insight. Thx!

 

Okay, okay...I yield...

 

I don't know of anyone installing an FI system on a VF yet, but it has been done on many older (and less sophisticated) machines successfully. Fuel mileage, better idle, better throttle response, etc, etc. The list is pretty long of the advantages of FI over carbs. Carbs are crude and inaccurate. Anyone who says that carbs can do as good a job of delivering fuel as an FI system has some convincing to do. Carbs always give you trouble, and the number of parts and various modes of failure doesn't help that at all.

 

Even factory-built FI systems can be problematical and need setup help like Power Commander.

you say a couple of inexperienced dudes with an impractical idea can select the proper FI components, fabricate the necessary hardware, create the software and computer programs to make it work on an old bike and work better and more reliabily than the carbs the bike came with ??? NO way !!

HAHA!