Improving a rover

[talltom]

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>From: DJohn77284 at aol.com
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:30:15 -0400
>Subject: Improving a Rover? HaHaHa
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>Yeh, you're right, it does drive horrible. The worst thing I find is the
>steering is so light with like hardly any feedback - makes any bends at speed
>interesting.....
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>As for you doing better with carburattors - it's on carburettors and I want
>to use efi to improve it - give us a clue why don't you??

Because rover got that engine from oldsmobile, and the olds ran better with
a carb.
  Seriously if it were me I'd just get the rover FI manifold and throttle body,
sensors, and harness and hook it up to whatever you build

>My intentions are to use the manifold/fuel rail/throttle body from a Vitesse
>which uses a Lucas efi system.

What in the hell is a Vitesse?
Maybe we should clarify some things here! I'm in the US, and here there are 
rovers with efi systems available, and no Vitesse.(whatever that is)

 I don't mind using the mechanical bits and
>pieces but I don't want to use their electronics.

I'll second that!

 I figured the easiest way
>to tinker with an ecu is to design one of my own and tinker with that.

Well, I don't know about easy, or price, which has a lot to do with it. It
would seem that you could run a lucas brain long enough to develop the other
and not have to shut down the vehicle though. WARNING- if you do this you
may never 
get around to doing it right.

>Do you really think that a hego is a necessity in a system?

Well I wouldn't say necessary, but I damn sure like them as long as you can run 
pump gas. I find them extreemly beneficial for tuning and wouldn't want a system
that didn't take advantage of them. Further I don't believe any speed density 
system that doesn't use one can be anywhere near as accurate over the life
of the engine.

 I thought that
>the only time that they had any effect was during idle - for emissions -  and
>cruising - for economy....

That depends on the objectives of the manufacturer, and mine are different than 
some committee's. Hopefully some of the folks on this list who know more about
electronics than I do will come up with a system that's programable and uses 
some kind of ego.(That should read programable with a laptop computer, none
of this knob on the dash junk and special propietary boxes and the like.)
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>Regards,
>
>Dave