Re: Efi

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by RGSchmitt

Hi Kevin -
The EFI manifold sure looks nice. A little over a year ago, I did some research on "home built" control electronics. Quite a well-organized group with several commercial suppliers of kits and parts - MegaSquirt. Seems promising.
Bob

Thanks Bob, I remember the discussion, but had forgotten the name of the Co/product. It is something I will investigate when the time comes, because I gather a replacement for my obsolete Motec ECU would be about $2k.

[lansdownplace]

I wasn't aware that such options existed for earlier engines, although I did test drive a 5.9 'home'[ injected car that was really gutless at one time. Surfing the web I see Edelbrock do EFI kits for the pre '91 5.9l engines which are pretty much plug and play but are infinitely adjustable with your laptop or their gizmo that comes with the kit. Out of interest I posted a question on their forum and the answer I got seems to indicate that you don't get much (if any) improvement in BHP of torque compared to a well tuned engine. I presume you get better milage and cold starting but what are the other advantages that would make a conversion worth while from a an investment point of view.

Paul

[Peter.Kent]

Over the years a number of us have tried bolt on Efi ... and then reverted to carbs. There have been several forum threads on the subject. I`d be interested if any body has now run the conversion for as much as 10k miles/ 2 yrs. Peter