Turbocharged Honda 400ex First Ride. I Was NOT Expecting This...

I install a turbocharger on my 1999 Honda 400ex quad and take it for the first test ride. #Honda, #Turbocharged, #Turbo,

► ADD ME ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA ◄

► SNAPCHAT the2vintage
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Thanks for watching and subscribing!
New videos every week!

The following video features activities performed in controlled environments by knowledgeable persons. DO NOT attempt to duplicate, re-create, or perform the same or similar activities at home, as personal injury or property damage may result. 2vintage( Joe Weber, the persons shown in this video and ANY CONTRIBUTOR, ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY such injury or damage. ALL 2vintage( Joe Weber) CONTENT IS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.
2vintage (Joe Weber) makes no representation about the sufficiency of any safety precautions and equipment used in this video.

[michaellee]

Try running a boost line to your vent line on your gas cap. This will pressurize both sides of the fuel system equally allowing your electric pump to supply plenty of fuel.

[JohnnyAnderson]

You were running that thing VERY lean, when the turbo starts to make boost it will keep fuel from flowing into the bowl of the carb, you will need a electric fuel pump with a boost referenced regulator that will add 1psi of fuel pressure for every 1psi of boost. This is the only way a blow try carb will work to my knowledge. Only other thing I noticed was the turbo oil drain might not be the best but it didn’t seem to be smoking much so I would worry about it right now.
Awesome project!
God bless

[ramiro]

It is recommended to run a 1 step colder plug when introducing boost. You also need a boost referenced fuel system to add to same amount of fuel pressure as to boost.

[jstephens]

Get a wideband O2 sensor bro... It'll tell you how rich/lean you're running and save some heartbreak later. Keep it up though👍🏿

[connorkrycki]

Man, it’s cool how you are able to make videos and do projects like these. I hope these kinds of projects support you financially enough where you can easily slide by doing things like this for a living. Best of luck!

[kennydeever]

You'll always get the most boost while in gear under load, also running super lean, don't fry that piston

[ronbradshaw]

As a lot of guys told you; clock the bearing housing of your turbo right!. Take the turbo off the bike and loosen the bolts holding the center section (the bearing housing), and turn it so that the oil inlet is at the top. It is very important that the oil drain port (at the bottom), is large and non-restrictive otherwise, your engine will drink oil from the turbo. There are no oil seals in there, only labyrinth seals... At first, do not try to boost more then say, 8psi. remember that @ 15psi, you will double the horsepower, in a good tuned install...

[motoshack]

Hey man if you need a fuel pressure regulator that’s GUARANTEED to work on a carb setup look for a fuel pressure regulator from a Yamaha XJ650 Seca Turbo, those bikes were factory turbo’d and like I say you’ll need a decent high pressure fuel pump, that little pump you have now isn’t enough under boost and the boost pressure is just pushing the fuel back to the tank and emptying the float bowl, at the bare minimum you CAN run without any fuel pump with a blow thru setup you can just run a boost line to the tank to pressurise the fuel tank but I wouldn’t recommend that as it’s janky at best, I promise though if you try either of these methods you’ll see a great improvement and it won’t break up like it is currently! Good luck! 👍

[briancrull]

I think you are doing an excellent job
Taking real fails and working through them
We enjoy victory, we learn from our fails
Keep on going Joe !

[thatonecarguy]

I think figuring out a way to tune the timing will really improve this thing. I really didn’t expect it to even run this good on a blow through so way to go bud. Love it

[jokrsgrimm]

When boosting a single cylinder, your gonna want to build a boost reservoir before the intake. It'll help keep boost between the single exhaust pulse.

[burtlandcastor]

You still need to get the oil in and out set up right. The oil inlet fitting needs to be vertical and the oil return pointing straight down. The compressor and turbine housings can be clocked so everything lines up. You just need to loosen the housings and rotate them so it all lines up.

[aspenyukon]

I noticed the carburetor has a rubber diaphragm throttle body needle, boost is keeping the needle from opening, remove the diaphragm or use a snowmobile carb.

[Noslo_]

It’s been fun to watch and see you work through the issues. Best of luck and hope there is a next video.

[Luissilva-vvrt]

Biggest issue is going to be intake air Temp without intercooler it's going to get hot after awhile. Other than that it will work with some work. Great job 👏

[stevefritch]

Hey Joe. That must've been disappointing. However, when you get that turbo up and running correctly, I am betting it will be totally bad ass and worth every moment of the work you put into it. Keep your head up!! Persistence will pay off!! Dude, it's going to be sweet!!!

[MaNNeRz]

Put a wd-40 squirt tube inside the boost guage hose 👌 it will give a smoother reading with less bouncing about

[RazorOn]

Jojo this is whats up. Innovation and the process of trial and error. Excellent video my guy.

[allennuss]

You should look into building a Pitot tube in the intake to pressurize the carb. You also need a pound of fuel pressure for every pound of boost because the boost is actually blowing the fuel out of the main jet instead of letting the engine suck the fuel into the engine. Hope this helps. Turbos and carbs are tricky but you will get there. I have a Yamaha RS Vector Mountain that I added a turbo on Too. Struggle bus for a little while, now it is a mountain climber.

[trumpandzig-zags]

I remember being at the dunes first time i saw one of those. Dude was smoking all the banshees with ease!