EFI in a boat

[Greg Hermann]

>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

Nisse--

Have you tried a prop with somewhat less pitch to the blades?

Regards, Greg