alternative engines, WARPED

[Todd....!!]

WOW Fred,

Thanks for that!

Would LUV to get rid of the ugly distributor in the front of the engine!

The ignition wires protruding from the front tend to make the engine
look messy...

Where would ya'll recommend mounting the big cmoputer and coil packs on
a big car like my 70 Coronet Superbee(Looks kinda like a Dukes a Hazard
69 Charger)

Would it go in or around the glove box?  Or under the hood somewhere
cool?

Just wonderin...

Fred, your advice sounds like an affordable alternative to plain ol
stocker injection... which would be tough to make handle my power
demands...even without the twin turbo's!

Hey, have you eve thought of creating a package deal for your Mopar?

I bet you could sell it like hot cakes, I know I'd want one, depending
on the price, which I KNOW copuld be VERY decent!

LATER!

Todd....!!
http://www.c-com.net/~atc347/toddlnk.htm




Frederic Breitwieser wrote:
> 
> > you're gonna get 20 mpg.  EFI will get you 10 to 15% economy compared to a
> > well tuned carb.
> 
> Or triple if your carb sucks :)  With modern day pickups approaching 20
> MPG on the highway, my 5-6 MPG ratbag truck ain't cutting it, hence the
> push for EFI as well.  Turbos for towing power, crappy mileage under
> load, and acceptable mileage for highway cruising.
> 
> > (1500).  If you can't or won't tune a carb, how are you going to tune EFI?
> 
> Aaaah... that entirely depends on the system you choose.  If you dump
> some cash for something simpler like the Edelbrock or Holley TBI setup,
> the bolt on, a few sensors are added, and both units come with fuel maps
> that are "reasonable" for various engines.  A little tuning and you can
> get a vehicle on the road without being entirely tortured.
> 
> For a more advanced TBI or even TPI, Haltach as well as Electromotive
> come to the rescue with a more complex system, but you can get great
> results with these.  Both come with "configurations" for the Chevy BB
> (454), which you can "slap" in for the 440 Dodge, it should work well,
> its close enough.
> 
> Its when you take a junkyard ECM (like the 7749) designed for a six
> cylinder engine and tune things up for a big twin-turbo V8 that your
> hair starts to flee your head.
> 
> An electromotive Tec II system with junkyard sensors, throttlebody,
> wires and a bag of crimp spades/bullet connectors, you can get the
> vehicle up and running for approximately 1000-1200 if you buy just the
> unit, if I remember the pricing correctly.  Been a year or so since I
> called them for pricing.  The ignition is taken care of, since it has
> coil packs, so you can subtract the cost of a new distributor, regulator
> assembly (Its a Dodge thing), and all the crap associated with that.
> With the Tec II I'd chop off the insides of the dizzy and leave it in
> the block to spin the oil pump, rather than go dry sump and deal with
> that complex mess of hoses.  Also, the Tec II supports 60 tooth wheels
> for the crank, and 120 tooth wheels for the cam, and there is nothing
> stopping someone from slapping one of those wheels on your dizzy head,
> and make the timing/engine position sensors more accessable.  A friend
> of mine did this with his Chevy 350.
> 
> Hope that helps.