[DeTomaso] efi horse power gain

[Kirby Schrader]

Sometimes he reads it, but rarely. Just send him an email directly.
He'll answer. He's pretty busy these days though...


On 9 Aug 2009, at 5:03 PM, Will Demelo wrote:

> 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 
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> 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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