EGOR testing

eoa at spartek.com eoa at spartek.com
Tue May 29 16:20:38 GMT 2001


I've had good luck with this company... http://www.PCBexpress.com
Good quality, small quantities, and reasonable price.

Eric Aos

> 
> David, If you can do the pcb design, do you know who could do 
> the boards? I
> would be glad to call whomever to get this underway and I 
> expect I can cover
> the prototype boards. Bob Rauscher suggested doing a few (5 
> or 6) to make
> sure the pcb is ok, every thing fits, and can be assembled by 
> EGOR groupies,
> before committing to making a bunch of them. If someone can 
> give me the
> pertinent features to ask about, I'll call and firm up prices 
> on the board
> manufacturing. Time frame, cost for numbers or price break quantities.
> 
> I don't know any board manufacturing places to ask. Can 
> search back through
> the EFI332 Archives. Anyone experienced with this type of 
> thing from work? I
> seem to recall there are a few places in Ohio and Indiana who 
> will do small
> runs of boards but it also seems that some of them had 
> questionable quality
> or really slow on delivery. Perhaps someone on the EFI332 is 
> familiar with
> this concern. I know several people in the Detroit area I 
> will ask about pcb
> manufactoring companies.
> 
> It just came to me that Dave Cooley tried to make something 
> with a pcb a few
> years ago and had non-delivery  problems with someone in 
> Ohio. Dave, are you
> still here and could you chime in? I will email him off list 
> and ask also.
> later, Mark
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Hunt" <bamainc at home.com>
> To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: EGOR testing
> 
> 
> > I can "crank out the board" artwork but someone else would 
> have to have
> pay
> > for the prototype.  I haven't worked in about 5 months.   
> Also, someone
> > should check the artwork before a board is made.  I figure 
> whomever pays
> for
> > the board would have a vested interest.
> >
> > dh
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bruce" <nacelp at bright.net>
> > To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 7:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: EGOR testing
> >
> >
> > >
> > > For my probe I used a chunk of muffler tubing 18" long 
> 1.5 diameter.
> > Then
> > > used some spark plug non-foulers, and trimmed off the 
> threaded end.
> > Then
> > > a piece of 1x.125x10" steel strap iron, and put a little 
> Z in the end of
> > it,
> > > just enough of a kink so the tubing would go inside the 
> actual muffler
> > > tubing, and the strap peice on the outside.   Weld the 
> fouler piece
> about
> > 6"
> > > from one end, and then the strap iron piece.   Use a 
> large radiator hose
> > > clamp to keep it inserted.
> > >    It's passed some high speed tests, even the EFI POWWOW 
> curb test
> > (inside
> > > joke).
> > > Bruce
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Its a pretty crummy day in Chicago, but I went out
> > > > and looked for the best place to screw in the probe
> > > > on my new EGOR box.  None of my cars seemed
> > > > suitable at the exhaust manifold without some mods,
> > > > so I pulled out some pictures of a tailpipe probe from
> > > > last June.  I guess the quickest way is to make "one
> > > > of those".  I don't have it done yet, but the weekend
> > > > isn't over.  The VCR can take care of the 500 for me.
> > > >
> > > > There is proving in to do, but I hope that won't involve
> > > > major changes.  The whole thing including a 40 LED
> > > > display, free air calibration switch, and Rcal probe
> > > > compensation circuit is about 4" by 5 1/2".
> > > >
> > > > I would eventually like to have a few more of these,
> > > > and maybe without all this hand wiring again.  I
> > > > wonder who might want to crank out a circuit board
> > > > when there is a proved in version, it looks like 4 layers
> > > > to me.  With resistors on end and dips, size should be
> > > > about the same.
> > > >
> > > > More later, hopefully very soon.  Bruce Roe
> > >
> >
> > 
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