[DeTomaso] You want EFI, why not ask the guy who knows?

[Ken Green]

Kirby,
 
    I was just thinking that if you're spending $5K on an EFI system, another $2,500 for heads made sense, and that in particular, if you spend more like $7,500 for a cross ram EFI, the heads make a lot of sense because you can't use the manifold made for 4V heads on high port heads if you want to go that way later.
 
    I'm a little surprised that there aren't more Panteras with tunnel ram based EFIs running around.  That seems like a lot of bang for the buck and I think fits under the engine cover, but not the very cool appearance of the IR system.
 
Ken

--- On Tue, 8/4/09, Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] You want EFI, why not ask the guy who knows?
To: "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Detomaso forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 4:17 AM



Actually, I put IR EFI on my Pantera with 4V iron heads back in 2000  
and I'm quite impressed with it.
The setup gave the car a lot more low and mid range power. I got a  
pretty good deal on it and would not have been able to afford all the  
changes required for the high port heads (new headers required, etc.  
etc.)

Maybe I'm easily impressed?
:-)

MD and I both got our manifolds from Kelly. I'm sure Kelly will make  
more if required, but they ain't cheap.
Don Franck has a similar setup on his iron 4V heads as well.

Yes, Don. I'm back from Kansas. Let's talk about tuning.

FWIW,
Kirby


On 4 Aug 2009, at 12:37 AM, Ken Green wrote:

> I think Mike used a very limited availability Kelly Coefield (SP?)  
> EFI manifold made for high port SVO heads.  It may have been a one  
> shot deal, but you'd have to ask Kelly.
>
> But I do think they had the right idea.  Why spend all the $s for an  
> IR EFI for 4V heads?  Seems to make a lot more sense to upgrade to  
> aluminum high ports heads if you are spending that kind of money.
>
> Ken
>
> --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] You want EFI, why not ask the guy who knows?
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 7:23 PM
>
>
> Taking a cue from the Mad Dog school of barking, why in the world are
> you guys messing around slackin' your jaws about which EFI  is the  
> best,
> when there is a race-proven, screamin' killer EFI made by one of our
> own.  Mike Trusty.  Now if it's the bling your looking for, fine,  
> spend
> five grand on a system that looks cool but won't mow the lawn.  For  
> real
> performance, personalized service, tuning tips, blah, blah, blah....
> look no further than Mike.
>
> You want to see what it looks like?  Go here:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=1200
>
> You want to hear it run, you want to see it run?  Go here:
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com/Images/The%20Injectors2.mov
>
> Mike has built EFI systems for Dennis (aka Mad Dog) Antenucci, Kirby
> Schrader, other GT40 owners, Lambo's Ferrari's Jag's, etc.  He's a
> mechanical engineer -and- a racer.  He just did some time at Road
> America with his GT40.  (Photos on TPR later).  This is a GO-TO guy  
> for
> IR-EFI.
>
> Yea, I like the looks of a nice cross-ram setup, mate it with the  
> right
> air boxes and it would look really cool.  But we don't have a lot of
> data on them.  Mike's system, we do.  And he's not that far away, can
> probably give you a good idea of what you'd need for your particular
> application.  Give him a shout, miketrusty at msn dot com.
>
> It doesn't hurt to ask.
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
>
> 1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
> 1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
>
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