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Idle Control & MAP Sensor

Organising the where to attach the idle control valve and MAP sensor.

 


The stock Fireblade bodies come with a number of fittings to gain access to read the manifold pressure, however not all of the bodies are fitted with the same fittings, so they would have to be added as required.

 

 
You can see two of the fittings have very small orifices, and front one is bored parallel.

 


I decided to leave the restricted nipples to attach my MAP sensor, and drill out the existing parallel one in each case, replacing it for a steel type that allows for greater flow.

 


The steel nipples were punched from old stock Honda inlet plenums as they were the perfect size and neatly finished. To fit them to the bodies they were simply pressed into the holes with some maximum strength thread lock adhesive.