[DeTomaso] Fw: Overheating update

Dave Doddek pantera at pobox.com
Fri Aug 29 00:23:23 EDT 2008


Gee Will,  I thought I was the only one with a temper like that.

Dave "some people know what I mean" D

At 04:35 PM 8/28/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>Old Haltech F9 system. I couldn't even connect to the ECU the other day. Run 
>time error...., no connect....bla, bla bla... This is mostly due to me not 
>having patience. I f#&King hate computers, especially old ones.
>So I just went and bought $4k worth of FAST EFI today.
>Anyone wanna buy a smashed laptop for cheap?
>Will
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Göran Malmberg" <hemipanter at hemipanter.se>
>To: "Will Demelo" <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>
>Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Overheating update
>
>
>> Hotter plugs burn themselfes cleaner, but not the combustionchamber.
>> Is it tricky to lean the efi?
>> Goran
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Will Demelo" <wdemelo at cogeco.ca>
>> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:59 AM
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Overheating update
>>
>>
>>>I installed a new mechanical gauge yesterday and filled the system with 
>>>80% water (I won't keep it like this for more than 3 wks). I ran the car 
>>>on rear jacks twice for considerable time. It was a cool afternoon/night 
>>>and the car never went above 190 deg but.....I think it was running on 5-6 
>>>cylinders.
>>> The car is tuned (old efi ) so rich that I foul plugs within a few 
>>> hundred miles. I'll change the plugs tonight.
>>> Should I run a hotter plug? Will this make them last longer if I'm 
>>> running rich?
>>> Will
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