Ford V8 efi

[Daniel Ciobota]

Hi Ray,

There are a number of us ford guys lurking around here, myself included.
I have two stangs, both efi, one with an anderson modified interceptor
2.  For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a programmable
ecu piggyback that monitors and modifies fuel, timing and provides
pretty good data logging via serial cable to a pc.  It's definitely not
as flexible as the efi332 project (hence, me lurking) but it does do a
pretty good job of fine tuning the car.


> My engine is a High Performance 289 with; ported Winsdor jr
> heads, 600 cfm double pumper carb sitting on a single plane
> intake; full length headers; 2 ½ inch exhaust. The solid lifter
> camshaft is; 228 deg (at .050) intake with .476 lift,
> exhaust 244 deg with .512 lift and on 108 deg lobe centers.
> This cam has a very lumpy idle at about 1100 rpm and makes
> for a very rich idle. I have been told that most efi systems will
> have a difficult time achieving a good idle with this combination,
> and the knock sensor will not work with the solid lifter cam.
>

I don't know about the knock sensor limitation, although choice of
lifters has little if anything to do with detonation.  As far as your
setup, I have a 337 blown stroker on one of my cars, with a 225/233,
.564/.586 and 112deg cam on it (hydraulic).  Although the idle is still
lumpy, the car has no problems idling.  A friend of mine has a somewhat
similar cam for a n/a 302 on a 108deg center and solid lifters; he also
idles fine.  I admit, it takes a while to play with fuel pressure,
timing and throttle plate position to get the idle even, but it can
definitely be done.

> The system I have been contemplating is late model Ford V8
> using my intake with the Ford mass air flow sensor.
> I would mount the injectors on the intake manifold.

You might want to consider the new edelbrock victor efi manifold.  It's
a single plane manifold (ram air style) with the injector bosses already
on it; even better, the efi throttle body bolts right up.

Daniel