EFI in a boat

[Shannen Durphey]

If Mike Jones isn't on the list still, you might look in the archives
for his posts.  He used a Holley system on a Ford boat engine.
Shannen

NIls Björkman wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I´m pretty new on this list
> I have been thinking of implementing EFI on my boat engine for a while
> now
> I wonder if there are anyone with experiance of EFI on engines for
> boats.
> Im planing to design my own EFI based on an PIC16C74A microcontroller.
> Im pretty familiar whith that and have all nesessary equipment and
> experience to make the design and program.
> 
> My boat is a 20 ft long hardtop boat at aprox 1 ton.
> Engine is Volvo Penta AQ145. It´s a 2.3 liter, 4cylinders. aprox 145 hp,
> dual solex carbs, overhead camshaft.
> To day the top speed is 25 knots at 5500 rpm, but it takes LONG time to
> get there.
> I hope to be able to move the torque curve a bit downwards so it will
> accelerate in a more sufficient way.
> 
> I know I have to experiment with different camshafts and so on to get
> what I want from the engine.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Nisse