If you could have EFI without a specific computer, would you go for it?
08-19-2007, 03:38 PM
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RE: If you could have EFI without a specific computer, would you go for it?
ORIGINAL: tarafied1
I respect your opinion and I like Carbs too. I have a Holley on my 67 but I'm not sure how putting EFI on a classic car is the same as putting a Toyota engine in a Mustang. From the purist point of view I entirely respect the carb, but Ford makes EFI for 5.0's that is so easy to adapt and would be ALL Ford parts. Even an aftermarket system is no different than changing gears, wheels, exhaust, cams, etc., etc.
Anyway to each his own.
Craig
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Everybody who has been a member on here for any time at all knows that I think a classic mustang with an EFI engine is just wrong. You may as well put a Toyota engine in it as far as I am concerned. It's the same thing. You are putting an engine into a classic that was not designed for a classic Mustang. I like Motorcraft carbs.
Everybody who has been a member on here for any time at all knows that I think a classic mustang with an EFI engine is just wrong. You may as well put a Toyota engine in it as far as I am concerned. It's the same thing. You are putting an engine into a classic that was not designed for a classic Mustang. I like Motorcraft carbs.
Anyway to each his own.
Craig
08-19-2007, 03:49 PM
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RE: If you could have EFI without a specific computer, would you go for it?
Ahhh..it's good to be back off vacation and back to the stream of consternation.
Glen,
Please stop telling board members to go find another hobby because they disagree with you.
thanks
Glen,
Please stop telling board members to go find another hobby because they disagree with you.
thanks
08-19-2007, 03:51 PM
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RE: If you could have EFI without a specific computer, would you go for it?
ORIGINAL: scouttrooper
Check this out. There is a universal EFI computer being sold that has no real limitations as you dial it in. This gives you complete control over fire as well as fuel. It is sold as a "learning tool", probably so no one can come back on them and claim the company destroyed an engine. Here it is...
http://www.megasquirt.info/
A person would have to learn how advance affected things. You'd have to know about types of FI. But it would allow you to collect just about any parts for cheap and have them work. Fun or futility?
Check this out. There is a universal EFI computer being sold that has no real limitations as you dial it in. This gives you complete control over fire as well as fuel. It is sold as a "learning tool", probably so no one can come back on them and claim the company destroyed an engine. Here it is...
http://www.megasquirt.info/
A person would have to learn how advance affected things. You'd have to know about types of FI. But it would allow you to collect just about any parts for cheap and have them work. Fun or futility?
08-19-2007, 04:10 PM
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RE: If you could have EFI without a specific computer, would you go for it?
ORIGINAL: JamesW
Ahhh..it's good to be back off vacation and back to the stream of consternation.
Glen,
Please stop telling board members to go find another hobby because they disagree with you.
thanks
Ahhh..it's good to be back off vacation and back to the stream of consternation.
Glen,
Please stop telling board members to go find another hobby because they disagree with you.
thanks
08-19-2007, 04:39 PM
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RE: If you could have EFI without a specific computer, would you go for it?
I agree with you that some want to keep it original, I'm okay with that. As far as Ford not intending them to have EFI, it is not a reason we can't update them today. Cars that are rare or close to original would be a shame to modifya lot but putting EFI doesn't change them anymore than adding other things like chrome valve covers or dual exhaust. It can easily be put back. I am just not big on the looks of a FOX or I would modify one of those. I like the style of the classic and even if I modify the look a little it still doen't look like a FOX body. Again, I respect anyone who wants to keep it original but modifing a classic is not wrong because some people don't like it.
I know we won't agree but don't send us away please.
Craig
I know we won't agree but don't send us away please.
Craig
08-19-2007, 08:48 PM
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RE: If you could have EFI without a specific computer, would you go for it?
Geez guys...we've been down this trail a bazillion times. Modifying Mustangs started April 18th 1964 and people have been doing it ever since. Back then we 'jacked them up', 'souped them up', and "tricked them out".
Somewhere down the line, the hobby took the cars back to original. They became "Classics". Somewhere else down the line, the hobby has continued the modifications.
Some people like their cars homemade vanilla, some like them Peaches & Cream. The point is... we all like them. It's like arguing over which BlueBell flavor is best. They're all good.
Somewhere down the line, the hobby took the cars back to original. They became "Classics". Somewhere else down the line, the hobby has continued the modifications.
Some people like their cars homemade vanilla, some like them Peaches & Cream. The point is... we all like them. It's like arguing over which BlueBell flavor is best. They're all good.