How To Build An ITB Carbon Fiber Airbox Honda S2000 - Project BADASS2000- EP14

We explain how to build a ITB carbon fiber airbox at C3 Composites the Jenvey individual throttle bodies on our F20C AP1 Honda S2000.
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[@Shadowboost]

I'm a composites engineer, this is excellent work

[@2lobih28]

Finally !!!! Been waiting for a s2000 forever !

[@MitchDenham]

I was sceptical at first, but damn that's one sexy meatloaf.

[@BlakesGarage]

100k congrats guys! Carbon freaking fiber this must be awesome world.

[@paulwade5853]

Congrats on 100K subs guys! :D It was actually the badass2000 that brought me here about a year or so ago. Stuck around because there's no bullshit or ego with you guys, just good informative builds. best of luck in hitting future milestones.

[@speedacademy]

Great to hear! Thanks for the props.

[@cdnbluesdriver]

I love the Tim's cups for mixing resin!!

[@onigaijin9259]

Finally more of Ken! Get him on more guys, he brings a different vibe to the videos and has a great sense of humour. Just my two cents worth 😆

[@speedacademy]

We're trying! He's been busy painting the car and trying to get it done before the season is over.

[@mcfreid]

Yes! 'been looking forward to a BADASS2000 update

[@ravenstylea2]

Michael Freid me too.

[@ChaseHoffman]

That ending in the credits was amazing! :D

[@p330hne]

Chase Hoffman it's from a UK cadburys chocolate advert

[@dominikhofmann603]

Very impressive!!! I like how it looked pretty fubar at first and then turned into this work of art

[@DeKay]

Yes finally back to the BadAss2000!!!

[@UndergroundTrev]

Wow. All the progress shots were making me doubt this guy's skills, then jump to the finished product and BAM! Beautiful work!

[@snackbags]

UndergroundTrev I had the exact same feeling. Impressive.

[@gabea.458]

The outtro was badass.

[@bwheels02]

Be safe, don't risk your health we need more videos!

[@skrily35p20]

Skeptical at first but you guys know what you are doing and the end result was a work of art!

[@msabbagh4518]

Thank god, more S2000 videos!

[@Haider_Malik]

Great vid! An excellent insight into how these carbon parts are made. Cant wait to see how it looks in the engine bay.

[@doctorlobsteroctopus]

Oh hell yes, my favorite project is back! So sick

[@carl_marks1626]

I made one years ago for a ford escort out of aluminum chequer plate. A lot of measuring and bending but worked a treat.

[@Dhruv215]

100K baby, well done guys. Hope to see you guys at TMP next season

[@artschoolrejectz9467]

KZbin unsubscribed me from you guys :(. Good thing I have you guys bookmarked!

[@speedacademy]

Silly KZbin! Glad you're back :D

[@Gravstein]

Really nice work! Grats on 100 000 subs!

[@oldjdmtek488]

I don't normally comment on videos but this one was very informative and spot on. I probably would have approached it with cutting the hood so the filter stuck out for cold air #racecarstyle

[@El_Chompo]

Less talking more cutting ken wagon xD

[@bgh187s2k]

Another BadAss2000 episode! today is a good day :)

[@EuroTrashLife]

This is awesome, makes me wanna make my own carbon parts lol

[@jronayne88]

turned out awesome and congrats at 100k!

[@MC1796]

Just out for a rip, are ya bud?! What a sick piece DP, so much cooler than the filter.

[@STEELERS743]

YESS BADASS000 is back!! This is the best car

[@HPMvdBerg]

Wow! The result looks amazing!

[@grecoconduris6716]

Having worked for a major aircraft manufacture designing and building carbon passenger aircraft the process seemed rough as guts. Having said that, it turned out really and fit for purpose.

[@Born2doU]

What a nice peice of loaf, will be sweet to see it installed and see how you figure out the CAI.

[@tiagobernardo6807]

incredible, i asked just yesterday about the badass2000 and here it is :-)

[@quinton.chester]

Congrats on 100k! The ending was worth the wait

[@Adam_824]

Nice work..always enjoy the badass 2000 vids

[@antdo]

Congrats on 100k Guys!!!

[@seanhenry8030]

Good stuff. Let's see it installed and tested!

[@speedacademy]

Yup, video coming soon.

[@victoroliveira3256]

That came out awesome

[@boostedbuiltgarage]

Man that turned out pretty nice! Was curious how it was gonna go from the initial plug to the finished product 👌

[@wesleykurtz6486]

I think cutting an opening in the hood directly above the ITBs and forming some sort of air box/scoop would have been really cool/unique

[@toddxhiggins]

Wesley Kurtz been done lots of times and looks horrible every single time!

[@Stigs722]

Congrats on 100,000 subscribers! Onto 200,000

[@flowerrescue]

the finish product is really nice !

[@HEKTIC458]

Looks amazing once finished

[@TenBuckTraveler]

The S2000 is back! Lovely times! I'd love to have a sexy meatloaf crammed in my S2000 some day :)

[@Luuksen]

lovely, learned some stuff i can use for my project

[@Emikolaitis]

Cool to see this done. One concern, which I'm sure you could change if you wanted, is the diameter of that intake section. Stock manifold s2000's benefit from a 4 inch intake tube. any concern that the intake section is a little under sized to allow the cfm flow into the box that the itb's will be wanting. Basically some what of a bottle neck

[@speedacademy]

Good question, Eric. You'll see more on this subject in the next video where we experiment with intake tube diameter.

[@Coda5610]

CONGRATZ ON 100,000 SUBS!!!!

[@duardyparron850]

This is great carbon work guys, induction air boxes do tend to choke off the air supply to the engine and your ITBs totally eliminate that problem. So... by shrouding the ITBs you have in effect choked the ITBs air supply exactly as an airbox would do, which completely defeats their purpose, but the new air box looks good. Did you consider instead modifying the hood? You could had gone two ways and design it to provide either 1. Easier access to outside air on the intake side of the engine to reach the ITBs, or 2. Allow hot air an easier path to exit the engine compartment on the header side. On the header side you would have to decrease pressure and on the intake side you would have to increase it. Hood mods may also allow you to vent hot air from the radiator. I figured since you guys have already Frankensteined this car I doubt anyone would notice an ugly hood in an already hideous car. Cheers and keep your hands off the Porsche.

[@bartvanriel6767]

what a shit ton of effort for just a small box, excellent work though!

[@MyLonewolf25]

Bart Van Riel not really a lot of effort Mostly time But that's how race cars go man

[@bartvanriel6767]

MyLonewolf25 yeah I know but for an airbox I still think it would be really expensive if you counted the hours

[@MyLonewolf25]

Bart Van Riel imho for me I would have done this myself Not exactly hard

[@bartvanriel6767]

MyLonewolf25 I'd try to find someone who makes the product or something similar

[@doctorlobsteroctopus]

Also, I just finished taking my last final to get my associates. I was thinking about this video as I was taking my chem exam haha.

[@speedacademy]

Speed Academy more important than a Chemistry exam?! Now that's what we like to hear :)

[@charliechang9mil]

yes! finally a vid of the S2k!

[@uazhar2013]

wheres mac? it cant be project badass without him!

[@HDConcussionz]

Great video, that came out so good!

[@ravenstylea2]

It would be epic seeing the S2K auto cross the track

[@masterdash17]

wooooo 100k congrats

[@lachaineal]

Good job guys and congradulation for 100k subss

[@cyberblade6669]

i use spray tac keeps the weave together like resin in a can

[@OregonGrown]

So much sexual innuendo had me rollin. Another great video!

[@theholymolar]

Wow the final product turned out great. Did you guys think of going with a 4in intake opening to give the ITBs some more air to breathe? Looking forward to see Sasha work his magic on the dyno.

[@speedacademy]

We do some testing on intake sizing in an upcoming episode!

[@TheMXinsidE]

100k hype!

[@arumrunner]

How about a link to Kevins shop? Great project BTW

[@speedacademy]

Good call! Added that to the Description.

[@tdnoz]

Holy shit that looks amazing:D

[@imSchwaggy]

Grats on 100k !!!!!!

[@maL4Kas]

Awesome !

[@alberto1690]

100k!! Hooray!

[@Charper]

Curious if you guys ever experimented with different length velocity stacks?...or Maybe even thought fitting a set of rpm-adjustable velo stacks(like the stock ones off an R1)

[@SDBoards55]

I like your memes, keep it up 👍

[@romancarp6427]

Would be cool if you painted the cam cover the same colour as the body

[@walt350z]

Awesome video guys. Sweet to see the s2k getting better and better. Just wondering, should the carbon air box perform better then a hood slit or turbo inlet ducts like the GTR or Evo 9 or 10? Interested in your thoughts guys! Keep it up!

[@simonauger6405]

That ending haha!

[@dafastone]

Nice work on the custom box, but wouldnt cutting a hole in the hood and scooping it to the filter be easier. Probably could have made a carbon heat shield or a box to suround the filter to get a ram air affect. Just a thought

[@speedacademy]

Not necessarily as you'd have to build a scoop for it and we've never seen it done without looking horrible. This is the cleanest method possible.

[@hazadus2u]

100k!!!!!!!!!! I was your first sub.

[@HassanEido1]

so normal packing tape acts as a mold release? can you guys confirm? thats very cool

[@cajunspecial238]

I really like the videos on the FRS racecar but the S2000 is a close second

[@f22cap2s2k]

Bout time the s2k is back! haha jk bros...love it!

[@ninopanino10]

Wow! Was extremely skeptical, looked like a hack job while the carbon was being layed but turned out amazing

[@airchris103]

Nice work !!!

[@TwoBeardsOneCar]

So now there is a nice airbox, I see some options... is it going to be turbo? Cheers J

[@claushollen]

What's up with the deleted episodes? Love your videos!!!

[@DoRC]

I don't think youre allowed to sell bodily fluids on eBay.

[@tagrav]

Ken please lookup images of angle grinder failures. not only did you not have proper eye protection but you put your face and body in line with the disc. if that disc decided to let go it will go outward from the direction of rotation. chances are that would be your face. do you really want to have a piece of grinder wheel embedded deep into your face? I know it was a funny joke and all but angle grinders are dangerous as all getup and spending a little extra time putting on proper PPE is worth it in the long run. stay safe and use the guard and use proper eye pro & or a face shield.

[@joshs377]

Wishbone, on a scale of 1-10, your at a 8.9, we are all gonna need you to tone it down quite a bit...to a 5.1 or less on the serious scale. Thank you sir! (He must work for OSHA)

[@CluelessEngineer]

100k subs. let's get it...

[@MyLonewolf25]

I'm a little slightly annoyed at the air box because it'll slightly favor the rear cylinders because of the shape ( especially if forced induction) otherwise super cool! You should definitely paint it so it still says jenvey on it

[@patw52pb1]

No it does not. The air box shape does not have to be symmetrical and the volumetric area of that air box is irrelevant in this case. Neither the air box, the ITBs nor the intake manifold dictate the air flow volume in this case since each of the components are capable of flowing more volume than the swept volume. Airflow volume is determined by the swept cylinder volume and volumetric efficiency of the engine.

[@MLeeder53]

gold reflective tape where the hater hose runs!

[@speedacademy]

Great idea. We'll make it so.

[@MLeeder53]

Speed Academy the intake on my BRZ is covered in it, the stuff really works! Though don't go too crazy and cover up that sexy carbon fiber.. unless you want to! Hah keep up the cool videos!

[@GT86GT400]

Awesome. But sad we have not seen the last step.

[@testing316]

and a little Phil Collins to finish it off... Sweet

[@s00p3rman]

Ok the part looks super trick. But aren't you effectively resrticting the intake back down to the original diameter of a single tb?

[@PrecisionAutoCanada]

Do you guys plan to test it on Sacha dyno to compare with the Jenvey filter?

[@badazzlemons]

make that part available to the public and watch how many people want it haha

[@TRektsz]

badazzlemons there's already a ton of carbon fiber intakes for the s2000, and most guys aren't running jenvey itbs.

[@pvkjhilk8323]

now that you have a good mold why not sale some carbon airboxes for $$. would love to see you guys make a carbon hood.

[@monnster88]

Finally.

[@CrimsonSlug]

I was half hoping that the ass2000 would get a carbon fibre shaker intake. That would have solved clearance issues :)

[@speedacademy]

Now that would've been a GREAT idea!

[@paansukarjo90]

7:55 it was a really clean carbon fiber cut! Is he using only a scissor to cut the carbon fiber? I have tried using a scissor to cut wet carbon fiber, but it became such a mess. tried using a knife, but it wouldn't even cut. -.-

[@patw52pb1]

It takes a very sharp scissor to clean cut carbon fiber fabric. We have found that ceramic scissors and shears work great and stay sharp.

[@FreestylerAlbert]

what was the problem withon the track??? Misfire issue was there and how did you fixed it?

[@rogerramjet5092]

IIRC it was a issue with the firmware on the AEM eng controller which they were already addressing. before the guys were affected..??

[@speedacademy]

Exactly. We talk about it more in the next episode.

[@davidcargle7018]

I need an airbox in my life as well. too bad I don't have friends who know anything about composite work. :(

[@rmyc]

Double layer isn't enough, unless ur running solid mounts

[@Dddddddd348]

nice! :) been a while since we have seen this!

[@booogs]

was rather disappointed that you guys didn't recreate the part in wood into a mold first? it's just a simple flange and then the box. the part came out great but it's obvious that stuff had to be redone and didn't work out initially in the beginning steps. also why use tape as a mold release? resin heats up as it cures and can melt the tape and ruin the original part.

[@derekyam1805]

Damn, it came out great! But one question, it looks to me cyl 4 and cyl 1 has the same volume of space in the box, wouldn't that result less air flowing into cyl 4? Shouldn't it taper down into cyl 4 to create a similar airflow to cyl 1?

[@patw52pb1]

No.

[@speedacademy]

Hey Derek. We just built it to the fit the space and will let the dyno and the data we log on the dyno and at the track tell us if it's working well or not. Sasha's 350Z has similarly shaped (non-tapered) airboxes for his ITBs and his VQ is among the most powerful NA in the world, so we're not too concerned about it.

[@Ballsandweiner]

Favorite part - 4:01