[DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
Himes, Terry (397C)
terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov
Wed Oct 18 11:14:15 EDT 2017
Nice! I must have miss it.
"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell: (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov>
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From: "jgkrenton at comcast.net" <jgkrenton at comcast.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 8:11 AM
To: Terry Himes <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
Cc: "McCall, Charles" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>, "detomaso at server.detomasolist.com" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
You guys have seen this before....
Jeff
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To: "jgkrenton" <jgkrenton at comcast.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 7:52:31 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
Turbos? Can you send us a picture of your engine bay? Sounds sweet.
"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell: (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov>
From: "jgkrenton at comcast.net" <jgkrenton at comcast.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 7:50 AM
To: Terry Himes <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
Cc: "McCall, Charles" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>, "detomaso at server.detomasolist.com" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
The KISS strategy has it's value..
The last time my Holley crapped out on me in the middle of nowhere I took it apart, cleaned it, and drove it home. The last time my EFI crapped out on me I put it on a trailer and took a rental car home...
But the EFI runs really well with my Turbos. Better than a carb ever will.
There are times I've seriously considered taking the turbo's off and going with Webers. They just look soooo cool!
Jeff
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To: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>, "jgkrenton" <jgkrenton at comcast.net>
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 7:39:49 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
Good point.
"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell: (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
On 10/18/17, 7:38 AM, "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
It was an interesting show - thanks for sharing!
Terry - you say the EFI was "lots of work" - but how many times did they change jets and who knows what else on the carb? The engine was on a bench connected to a dyno to easily and objectively see what was happening, and these guys knew what they were doing, which made it a little easier. You could make the argument that in the engine bay of the Pantera, it's the CARB that's a lot of work to get it to run optimally.
That being said, the KISS and lack of possibility for failure make the carb quite attractive
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From: Himes, Terry (397C) [mailto:terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov]
Sent: miércoles, 18 de octubre de 2017 16:19
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
Loved it! But EFI seems like a lot of work for little gain. I like KISS.
"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell: (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
On 10/17/17, 8:19 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of jgkrenton at comcast.net" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of jgkrenton at comcast.net> wrote:
Charlie/Bill:
Just stumbled over this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sQJPZYSoUI
Holley Carb VS Holley Throttle Body EFI on the dyno...
For your continued amusement.
Jeff 2467
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From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: bill at incendium.com, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>, detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2017 10:46:58 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
Fair question. There’s nothing inherently wrong with a carburetor after all…
It’s a very long answer, but the Reader’s Digest version is the following. I bought my Holley from a Pantera vendor many moons ago and it ran horribly on my car. It was supposed to be set up “for a Pantera”, but thinking about that, what is a Pantera engine? A stock, low compression ’74 with all the smog stuff installed? A ’71 high compression engine? A 408 stroker? There’s no way one carb could be set up to handle all those situations. And out of the box, on my particular engine it stumbled all over itself and ran very poorly.
So I ordered a complete set of jets and started there. Again summarizing the story, after swapping jets for weeks and weeks on end, things improved but still weren’t “right”. So I sent my carb off to a carb specialist who, armed with all the data regarding my engine, blueprinted, flowed, and rebuilt it. When it came back it worked very, very well.
But I think it could work better. Mike Drew has made a pointed comment or two about the fact that it’s hard to follow me due to the birds falling out of the sky behind me due to CO poisoning… A good friend followed me around at a car event last year and discretely positioned himself in front of me so he could remove his oxygen mask.. The temperature of the planet raises a couple of degrees every time I start the engine in my garage… it appears to be running a shade rich.
Everyone is different, but I’d rather be driving my car than monkeying with the jets by myself, far from anyone who actually knows what they are doing. In an ideal world, if the EFI works like I’d like it to, it would automatically completely optimize the carburation as opposed to my trial-and-error, or the paper experience of an expert. I’ve been riding my Benelli Sei quite a bit recently, and it is such a fantastic feeling to enjoy a motor that has the carburation dead-nuts-on. The engine just runs soooo well. The Pantera runs well, but I think it could run better. Or at least that doubt would be solved…
Additionally, I failed emissions testing last year the first time through, and just squeaked by during the retest after cleaning the K&N filter. Not sure if all this is related, but since this carb has been in use for 18 years now, I’ve been thinking of rebuilding it. But instead of rebuilding it, if the EFI works like I hope it does and the price difference isn’t ALL that great…. Maybe? Hence my question.
From: bill at incendium.com [mailto:bill at incendium.com]
Sent: sábado, 14 de octubre de 2017 19:21
To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>; 'Ken Green' <kenn_green at yahoo.com>; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
Why change a very good carburetor set up ?
Luv my 750 DP.
Cheers
Bill Moore
Calgary
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Date: 2017-10-14 11:06 AM (GMT-07:00)
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
Thanks, Ken and Jeff.. partially answering my own question I see FITech, MSD, and Holley all offer systems that appear to be the panacea.
Roughly $1000 for just the unit, or $1200 with a fuel pump and complete installation kit. The reviews for the three seem to be similar – the majority of people are thrilled, but there’s a small but consistent minority that had serious problems. Cutting and pasting from reviews:
“ I received 2 defective units that would never sync up to the ECU and my final 3rd Sniper finally did work.”
“Quit running after 15 miles
Summit Racing Verified Purchase
My car ran beautifully at first then quit. Throttle body is not reading a rpm signal. All connections have been checked. I await return paper work to send the unit back.”
Most people are pretty pleased though. Some comments about installation being a little more complicated than promised. Any other firsthand feedback regarding installation on a Pantera?
From: Ken Green [ <mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com> mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com]
Sent: sábado, 14 de octubre de 2017 18:58
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
I think FAST, Holley, and MSD all have bolt on single 4V throttle body EFIs that practically tune themselves, but you will need am EFI fuel pump and I'm pretty sure a O2 sensor in the exhaust. They all seem to have these for around $1,000.
Ken
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Subject: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
What's the current state of advancement in the fuel injection world?
Has someone perfected a bolt-on system that can substitute a 4bbl carb,
can be installed in minutes, only requires a couple of wires and an
exhaust bung, and that's it?
It would automatically map itself by just driving around, and give
absolutely crisp performance. It wouldn't require fiddling, and would
work just as well as a carb that's perfectly, absolutely, dead-nuts on.
Oh, and it would cost less than $50. Just kidding, but perhaps under
$1000 for everything. Anyone have any first-hand experience?
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Thanks, Ken and Jeff.. partially answering my own question I see
FITech, MSD, and Holley all offer systems that appear to be the
panacea.
Roughly $1000 for just the unit, or $1200 with a fuel pump and complete
installation kit. The reviews for the three seem to be similar - the
majority of people are thrilled, but there's a small but consistent
minority that had serious problems. Cutting and pasting from reviews:
" I received 2 defective units that would never sync up to the ECU and
my final 3rd Sniper finally did work."
"Quit running after 15 miles
Summit Racing Summit Racing Verified Purchase
My car ran beautifully at first then quit. Throttle body is not reading
a rpm signal. All connections have been checked. I await return paper
work to send the unit back."
Most people are pretty pleased though. Some comments about installation
being a little more complicated than promised. Any other firsthand
feedback regarding installation on a Pantera?
From: Ken Green [ <mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com> mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com]
Sent: sabado, 14 de octubre de 2017 18:58
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few
years?
I think FAST, Holley, and MSD all have bolt on single 4V throttle body
EFIs that practically tune themselves, but you will need am EFI fuel
pump and I'm pretty sure a O2 sensor in the exhaust. They all seem to
have these for around $1,000.
Ken
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Subject: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few years?
What's the current state of advancement in the fuel injection world?
Has someone perfected a bolt-on system that can substitute a 4bbl
carb,
can be installed in minutes, only requires a couple of wires and an
exhaust bung, and that's it?
It would automatically map itself by just driving around, and give
absolutely crisp performance. It wouldn't require fiddling, and would
work just as well as a carb that's perfectly, absolutely, dead-nuts
on.
Oh, and it would cost less than $50. Just kidding, but perhaps under
$1000 for everything. Anyone have any first-hand experience?
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Nice! I must have miss it.
"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell: (818) 653-8213
[1]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
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From: "jgkrenton at comcast.net" <jgkrenton at comcast.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 8:11 AM
To: Terry Himes <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
Cc: "McCall, Charles" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>,
"detomaso at server.detomasolist.com" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>,
Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few
years?
You guys have seen this before....
Jeff
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From: "Terry Himes (397C)" <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
To: "jgkrenton" <jgkrenton at comcast.net>
Cc: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>,
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 7:52:31 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few
years?
Turbos? Can you send us a picture of your engine bay? Sounds sweet.
"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell: (818) 653-8213
[2]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
From: "jgkrenton at comcast.net" <jgkrenton at comcast.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 7:50 AM
To: Terry Himes <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
Cc: "McCall, Charles" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>,
"detomaso at server.detomasolist.com" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>,
Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few
years?
The KISS strategy has it's value..
The last time my Holley crapped out on me in the middle of nowhere I
took it apart, cleaned it, and drove it home. The last time my EFI
crapped out on me I put it on a trailer and took a rental car home...
But the EFI runs really well with my Turbos. Better than a carb ever
will.
There are times I've seriously considered taking the turbo's off and
going with Webers. They just look soooo cool!
Jeff
_______________________________________________________________________
From: "Terry Himes (397C)" <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
To: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>, "jgkrenton"
<jgkrenton at comcast.net>
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com, "Ken Green"
<kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 7:39:49 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few
years?
Good point.
"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell: (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
On 10/18/17, 7:38 AM, "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
It was an interesting show - thanks for sharing!
Terry - you say the EFI was "lots of work" - but how many times did
they change jets and who knows what else on the carb? The engine was on
a bench connected to a dyno to easily and objectively see what was
happening, and these guys knew what they were doing, which made it a
little easier. You could make the argument that in the engine bay of
the Pantera, it's the CARB that's a lot of work to get it to run
optimally.
That being said, the KISS and lack of possibility for failure make
the carb quite attractive
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From: Himes, Terry (397C) [mailto:terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov]
Sent: miercoles, 18 de octubre de 2017 16:19
To: jgkrenton at comcast.net; McCall, Charles
<charlesmccall at gmail.com>
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com; Ken Green
<kenn_green at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few
years?
Loved it! But EFI seems like a lot of work for little gain. I
like KISS.
"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell: (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
On 10/17/17, 8:19 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of jgkrenton at comcast.net"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
jgkrenton at comcast.net> wrote:
Charlie/Bill:
Just stumbled over this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sQJPZYSoUI
Holley Carb VS Holley Throttle Body EFI on the dyno...
For your continued amusement.
Jeff 2467
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From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: bill at incendium.com, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>,
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2017 10:46:58 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past
few years?
Fair question. There's nothing inherently wrong with a
carburetor after all...
It's a very long answer, but the Reader's Digest version is the
following. I bought my Holley from a Pantera vendor many moons ago and
it ran horribly on my car. It was supposed to be set up "for a
Pantera", but thinking about that, what is a Pantera engine? A stock,
low compression '74 with all the smog stuff installed? A '71 high
compression engine? A 408 stroker? There's no way one carb could be set
up to handle all those situations. And out of the box, on my particular
engine it stumbled all over itself and ran very poorly.
So I ordered a complete set of jets and started there. Again
summarizing the story, after swapping jets for weeks and weeks on end,
things improved but still weren't "right". So I sent my carb off to a
carb specialist who, armed with all the data regarding my engine,
blueprinted, flowed, and rebuilt it. When it came back it worked very,
very well.
But I think it could work better. Mike Drew has made a pointed
comment or two about the fact that it's hard to follow me due to the
birds falling out of the sky behind me due to CO poisoning... A good
friend followed me around at a car event last year and discretely
positioned himself in front of me so he could remove his oxygen mask..
The temperature of the planet raises a couple of degrees every time I
start the engine in my garage... it appears to be running a shade rich.
Everyone is different, but I'd rather be driving my car than
monkeying with the jets by myself, far from anyone who actually knows
what they are doing. In an ideal world, if the EFI works like I'd like
it to, it would automatically completely optimize the carburation as
opposed to my trial-and-error, or the paper experience of an expert.
I've been riding my Benelli Sei quite a bit recently, and it is such a
fantastic feeling to enjoy a motor that has the carburation
dead-nuts-on. The engine just runs soooo well. The Pantera runs well,
but I think it could run better. Or at least that doubt would be
solved...
Additionally, I failed emissions testing last year the first
time through, and just squeaked by during the retest after cleaning the
K&N filter. Not sure if all this is related, but since this carb has
been in use for 18 years now, I've been thinking of rebuilding it. But
instead of rebuilding it, if the EFI works like I hope it does and the
price difference isn't ALL that great.... Maybe? Hence my question.
From: bill at incendium.com [mailto:bill at incendium.com]
Sent: sabado, 14 de octubre de 2017 19:21
To: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>; 'Ken Green'
<kenn_green at yahoo.com>; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past
few years?
Why change a very good carburetor set up ?
Luv my 750 DP.
Cheers
Bill Moore
Calgary
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From: Charles McCall < <mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com>
charlesmccall at gmail.com>
Date: 2017-10-14 11:06 AM (GMT-07:00)
To: 'Ken Green' < <mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com>
kenn_green at yahoo.com>, <mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past
few years?
Thanks, Ken and Jeff.. partially answering my own question I
see FITech, MSD, and Holley all offer systems that appear to be the
panacea.
Roughly $1000 for just the unit, or $1200 with a fuel pump and
complete installation kit. The reviews for the three seem to be similar
- the majority of people are thrilled, but there's a small but
consistent minority that had serious problems. Cutting and pasting from
reviews:
" I received 2 defective units that would never sync up to the
ECU and my final 3rd Sniper finally did work."
"Quit running after 15 miles
Summit Racing Verified Purchase
My car ran beautifully at first then quit. Throttle body is not
reading a rpm signal. All connections have been checked. I await return
paper work to send the unit back."
Most people are pretty pleased though. Some comments about
installation being a little more complicated than promised. Any other
firsthand feedback regarding installation on a Pantera?
From: Ken Green [ <mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com>
mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com]
Sent: sabado, 14 de octubre de 2017 18:58
To: Charles McCall < <mailto:charlesmccall at gmail.com>
charlesmccall at gmail.com>; <mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past
few years?
I think FAST, Holley, and MSD all have bolt on single 4V
throttle body EFIs that practically tune themselves, but you will need
am EFI fuel pump and I'm pretty sure a O2 sensor in the exhaust. They
all seem to have these for around $1,000.
Ken
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Subject: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few
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What's the current state of advancement in the fuel injection
world?
Has someone perfected a bolt-on system that can substitute a
4bbl carb,
can be installed in minutes, only requires a couple of wires
and an
exhaust bung, and that's it?
It would automatically map itself by just driving around, and
give
absolutely crisp performance. It wouldn't require fiddling, and
would
work just as well as a carb that's perfectly, absolutely,
dead-nuts on.
Oh, and it would cost less than $50. Just kidding, but perhaps
under
$1000 for everything. Anyone have any first-hand experience?
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Thanks, Ken and Jeff.. partially answering my own question I
see
FITech, MSD, and Holley all offer systems that appear to be the
panacea.
Roughly $1000 for just the unit, or $1200 with a fuel pump and
complete
installation kit. The reviews for the three seem to be similar
- the
majority of people are thrilled, but there's a small but
consistent
minority that had serious problems. Cutting and pasting from
reviews:
" I received 2 defective units that would never sync up to the
ECU and
my final 3rd Sniper finally did work."
"Quit running after 15 miles
Summit Racing Summit Racing Verified Purchase
My car ran beautifully at first then quit. Throttle body is not
reading
a rpm signal. All connections have been checked. I await return
paper
work to send the unit back."
Most people are pretty pleased though. Some comments about
installation
being a little more complicated than promised. Any other
firsthand
feedback regarding installation on a Pantera?
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past
few
years?
I think FAST, Holley, and MSD all have bolt on single 4V
throttle body
EFIs that practically tune themselves, but you will need am EFI
fuel
pump and I'm pretty sure a O2 sensor in the exhaust. They all
seem to
have these for around $1,000.
Ken
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Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2017 5:52 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] How much has EFI advanced over the past few
years?
What's the current state of advancement in the fuel injection
world?
Has someone perfected a bolt-on system that can substitute a
4bbl
carb,
can be installed in minutes, only requires a couple of wires
and an
exhaust bung, and that's it?
It would automatically map itself by just driving around, and
give
absolutely crisp performance. It wouldn't require fiddling, and
would
work just as well as a carb that's perfectly, absolutely,
dead-nuts
on.
Oh, and it would cost less than $50. Just kidding, but perhaps
under
$1000 for everything. Anyone have any first-hand experience?
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