[DeTomaso] Feedback from someone who knows - FI & 180'S - Do headers affect scavenging in individual cylinders?

[Peter Kovacs]

Not if it doesn't run. See, there is a benefit to being a trailer queen, show car!

Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:  Hey question for you wise-acres on this List,

Dick Drenske and I may have dropped about a 100 stainless steel screws and washers inside the 8 open throttle bodies. 

Could this harm the engine?

Dawg, still waiting for me filters

asajay at asajay.com wrote:
Dats cause granpers usually da bad one, cuz.

Asa Jay


Quoting Mike Trusty :

> Sorry about the grammar. I'd done went and would have checked her if I'd
> knowed he were goin to go an send it to da foreign. :-)
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> For some reason my spell checker doesn't check for bad grammar.
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> And, Ken, EVERYTHING effects cylinder to cylinder charging. That's why most
> quality injection ECU's allow for trimming.
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> Mike Trusty Engineering
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> From: Mad Dog Antenucci [mailto:teampantera at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:00 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Cc: Miketrusty at msn.com; ddrenske at murraycompany.com
> Subject: Feedback from someone who knows - FI & 180'S - Do headers affect
> scavenging in individual cylinders?
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> Ken & other Speculators,
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> Thought I would share below what Mike Trusty sent me on the EFI lean out
> concern Ken addressed.
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> Dawg
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> Mike Trusty wrote:
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> In an engine running on the edge that may be a problem but not on an engine
> that will be running basically rich at full throttle like yours will be.
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> BUT, in the turning process you have the ability with YOUR system to trim
> the fuel and the advance for each individual cylinder. If you were using
> individual exhaust gas temperature probes you could see the exhaust
> temperature from each cylinder and adjust the fuel delivery to that
> cylinder. This can also be done by reading the spark plugs. You can do a
> full throttle acceleration then coast to at stop and read the plugs. You
> can then, with YOUR system, adjust each individual cylinder enrichment to
> either lean the cylinder or enrichen it to make each one the same. BUT,
> again, it's just not something that you need to worry about. Its fuzz on a
> nats back but you can trim that fuzz if it offends you.
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> There other things that effect the same thing cylinder to cylinder. The
> injectors may not flow the same. If you flow test the injectors and find
> that one flows 5% less fuel than the other seven injectors you don't have to
> throw it away and buy another. With YOUR system all you do is give that one
> cylinder/injector a pulse width that is 5% more than the other seven. More
> fuzz that you actually don't need to worry about but can if you want to.
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> As I said about you can even advance and retard the timing to each
> individual cylinder if the need is noticed. You can have #1 cylinder firing
> at 36 degrees advance and the #2 cylinder firing at 24 degrees on the same
> stroke is you so desire.
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> Mike Trusty Engineering
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> 15119 Gorgeous View Trail
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> Little Rock, AR 72210
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> Ph: 501-224-9013
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> Fax: 501-421-0151
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> From: Mad Dog Antenucci [mailto:teampantera at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:36 PM
> To: miketrusty at msn.com
> Subject: FI & 180'S Fwd: Re: [DeTomaso] SPC - Do headers affect scavenging
> in individual cylinders?
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> Care to comment on Ken's email on tendency of FI leaning out?
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> Note: forwarded message attached.
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> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
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> The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing
> www.teampanteraracing.com 
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> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
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> The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing
> www.teampanteraracing.com
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