[DeTomaso] efi horse power gain

[Will Demelo]

Is Mike Trusty on the forum?
Will
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Kooiman" <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
To: "'Charles Engles'" <cengles at cox.net>; "'boyd casey'" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
Cc: "'Kirby Schrader'" <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] efi horse power gain


> There's a very dramatic initial negative increase.  In most cases, the
> initial increase is the carbureted HP * -1.
>
> After a year or two of fiddling around, EFI catches up.
>
> Then you get smart and buy Mike Trusty a plane ticket.  You treat him 
> right,
> feed him, and brag about how your tires hook really well.  Then M.T. 
> fiddles
> for 15 minutes, and finally EFI surpasses your carbureted HP.
>
> But then you need better tires.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Charles Engles
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 8:46 AM
> To: boyd casey
> Cc: Kirby Schrader; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] efi horse power gain
>
> Dear Boyd,
>
>
>                  Perhaps Kirby Schrader would comment on this.   He had 
> one
>
> of the Haltech EFI systems installed on his already healthy engine back in
> the mid nineties and he has first hand experience about the before and 
> after
>
> performance.  He was very happy with the change.
>
>                             Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "boyd casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com>
> To: "De Tomaso List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:50 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] efi horse power gain
>
>
>> Can anyone tell me what kind of horsepower increase one could expect
>> from the addition of a quality professionally setup sequential efi to
>> a Cleveland  engine?
>>
>> Boyd
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