I'm not sure about this Ibooster but in almost all automotive braking systems I've worked with, the rearmost piston in the master (closest to the firewall ) usually applies the front brake if its not diagonally split braking system, and the front piston applies the rear brakes. It may not matter with the CRV master as I'm pretty sure it send both lines to another block and works with abs system to divert /control each wheel end.
I love your videos. Your style is just like mine. A faceless dude holding a shaky camera rambling on and on about his process. I always worry that I'm boring people to death but if you're entertaining then I am, too! I'm making an articulating electric lawn tractor.
Thanks for showing us this, for the moment I'm using a vac pump from an Audi but I still have to test it. Your setup looks like it might be both quieter and maybe more efficient. Looking forward to seeing how it works for you.
FYI, the reservoir from a Chevy Volt is an easy swap for this MC. You have to trim a little tab off with a razor blade but otherwise it fits. You can usually get them for under $50 if you want a more traditional/not-remote reservoir. Thanks for putting this video up! I am currently swapping one of these into my 65 nova.
@@Good-Enuff-Garage Unfortunately, I could not get it to work. It would always vibrate/pulse at the bottom of the pedal range. I will come back to it eventually, but I wanted to drive the car so I converted back to manual brakes. It looks like some people have had no problems and some had the same issues as I did. It’s a cool system and I will sort it out eventually. Best of luck!
@@novapat67 the guy who turned me on to them got it working in his Jag but adopted the Jaguar master cylinder to the iBooster, I plan to do the same on my '71 GMC I think it has to do with the volume displacement of fluid, here's a link to his gorgeous build www.youtube.com/@arturkustusch1379
@@Good-Enuff-Garage That makes a lot of sense. When I have some free time and get back to this, I had planned on making an adapter to use an older-type cast iron master cylinder. It shouldn't be too hard. The one thing I need to figure out is how to extend the pushrod on the ibooster to account for the thickness of the adapter.
iBooster GEN1 donor vehicles list Audi A3 e-Tron Chevrolet Bolt Chevrolet Malibu Honda CR-V (MY 2018, 2019) Jaguar i-Pace (MY 2019, 2020) Porsche Panamera (MY 2017+) Tesla Model S (MY 2015+ (with autopilot)) Tesla Model X (MY 2015+) Volkswagen Passat hybrid Volkswagen e-Golf Volkswagen e-UP
Hello, your project looks fantastic! I'm curious about the long-term performance of the electric brake booster. I also drive a Honda CRV from Malaysia equipped with the first-generation iBooster from Bosch. However, I've noticed some inconsistencies in the brake pedal and travel stroke. It's fine in cold weather, but once it warms up, the pedal seems too low, and there's an issue with front and rear brake bias. Have you ever encountered or experienced something similar that you could share?
@@Good-Enuff-Garage My car is currently undergoing inspection at the Honda service center. They've performed brake bleeding a few times before this checkup, but unfortunately, the improvement only seems to last for a day or two.
Does the 2019 Chevy Bolt Reservoir fit in these Honda CRV Gen 1 iBooster? I have one but the tube on the inside of the Chevy Bolt brake master is about 1/4” longer , should I still install it? Have you heard of TuLay WireWerks in Pennsylvania for the pre crimped iBooster connector……. Are they any good?
@@Good-Enuff-Garage based on my own anecdotal evidence the 2019 Chevy Bolt reservoir and brake master does in fact fit inside the 2019 CRV brake master housing and the tubes should be interchangeable so it fits the Gen 1 iBooster housing. Unfortunately the larger one piece reservoir of Chevy Bolt does not clear my turbo so I need to get the two piece 2019 Honda CRV remote mount brake master reservoir scenario plumbed up. I tried the reservoir from both 2019 Chevy BOLT and 2020+ Honda Odyssey brake master (to get the one piece reservoir look) and they appear to also not fit height wise either more noticeable on the Honda Odyssey, so if I was to recommend this I’d say I’d make sure to purchase the 2019 Honda CRV iBooster junkyard COMPLETE with the tubes, remote reservoir and 3 connectors (main harness, secondary “gen1/gen2” distinguishing connector, and reservoir pigtail) etc otherwise it’s wasted time money and effort needing to purchase each thing independently imo.
I'm not sure about this Ibooster but in almost all automotive braking systems I've worked with, the rearmost piston in the master (closest to the firewall ) usually applies the front brake if its not diagonally split braking system, and the front piston applies the rear brakes. It may not matter with the CRV master as I'm pretty sure it send both lines to another block and works with abs system to divert /control each wheel end.
Great write up on the iBooster can be found here: www.evcreate.nl/category/brakes/
I love your videos. Your style is just like mine. A faceless dude holding a shaky camera rambling on and on about his process. I always worry that I'm boring people to death but if you're entertaining then I am, too! I'm making an articulating electric lawn tractor.
thanks, yup, sometimes I feel its like a crap video or no video at all 🤷🏼♂️
Thanks for showing us this, for the moment I'm using a vac pump from an Audi but I still have to test it. Your setup looks like it might be both quieter and maybe more efficient. Looking forward to seeing how it works for you.
thanks I hope to revisit this setup in Summer of 2024
FYI, the reservoir from a Chevy Volt is an easy swap for this MC. You have to trim a little tab off with a razor blade but otherwise it fits. You can usually get them for under $50 if you want a more traditional/not-remote reservoir. Thanks for putting this video up! I am currently swapping one of these into my 65 nova.
how did it go? did you get your to work in the Nova?
@@Good-Enuff-Garage Unfortunately, I could not get it to work. It would always vibrate/pulse at the bottom of the pedal range. I will come back to it eventually, but I wanted to drive the car so I converted back to manual brakes.
It looks like some people have had no problems and some had the same issues as I did. It’s a cool system and I will sort it out eventually. Best of luck!
@@novapat67 the guy who turned me on to them got it working in his Jag but adopted the Jaguar master cylinder to the iBooster, I plan to do the same on my '71 GMC I think it has to do with the volume displacement of fluid, here's a link to his gorgeous build www.youtube.com/@arturkustusch1379
@@Good-Enuff-Garage That makes a lot of sense. When I have some free time and get back to this, I had planned on making an adapter to use an older-type cast iron master cylinder. It shouldn't be too hard. The one thing I need to figure out is how to extend the pushrod on the ibooster to account for the thickness of the adapter.
iBooster GEN1 donor vehicles list
Audi A3 e-Tron
Chevrolet Bolt
Chevrolet Malibu
Honda CR-V (MY 2018, 2019)
Jaguar i-Pace (MY 2019, 2020)
Porsche Panamera (MY 2017+)
Tesla Model S (MY 2015+ (with autopilot))
Tesla Model X (MY 2015+)
Volkswagen Passat hybrid
Volkswagen e-Golf
Volkswagen e-UP
nice
Nothing wrong with Craftsman wrenches and sockets. Nice video!
Thanks 👍
Hello, your project looks fantastic! I'm curious about the long-term performance of the electric brake booster. I also drive a Honda CRV from Malaysia equipped with the first-generation iBooster from Bosch. However, I've noticed some inconsistencies in the brake pedal and travel stroke. It's fine in cold weather, but once it warms up, the pedal seems too low, and there's an issue with front and rear brake bias. Have you ever encountered or experienced something similar that you could share?
how old is your brake fluid? it may be time for a flush of the entire system, I never got mine to work yet, I plan on doing it next year
@@Good-Enuff-Garage My car is currently undergoing inspection at the Honda service center. They've performed brake bleeding a few times before this checkup, but unfortunately, the improvement only seems to last for a day or two.
Does the 2019 Chevy Bolt Reservoir fit in these Honda CRV Gen 1 iBooster? I have one but the tube on the inside of the Chevy Bolt brake master is about 1/4” longer , should I still install it?
Have you heard of TuLay WireWerks in Pennsylvania for the pre crimped iBooster connector……. Are they any good?
I'm sorry and i have not but please check out EVCreate dot com for more info and parts for the iBooster, hope that helps
@@Good-Enuff-Garage based on my own anecdotal evidence the 2019 Chevy Bolt reservoir and brake master does in fact fit inside the 2019 CRV brake master housing and the tubes should be interchangeable so it fits the Gen 1 iBooster housing.
Unfortunately the larger one piece reservoir of Chevy Bolt does not clear my turbo so I need to get the two piece 2019 Honda CRV remote mount brake master reservoir scenario plumbed up.
I tried the reservoir from both 2019 Chevy BOLT and 2020+ Honda Odyssey brake master (to get the one piece reservoir look) and they appear to also not fit height wise either more noticeable on the Honda Odyssey, so if I was to recommend this I’d say I’d make sure to purchase the 2019 Honda CRV iBooster junkyard COMPLETE with the tubes, remote reservoir and 3 connectors (main harness, secondary “gen1/gen2” distinguishing connector, and reservoir pigtail) etc otherwise it’s wasted time money and effort needing to purchase each thing independently imo.
the ultimate hot glue gun!!!!
indeed
19:43 THE WHAT?
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