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

[Kirby Schrader]

Fair enough.... but you change the heads and the headers have to change also.
:-)

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Ken Green<kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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>>
>>
>>
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