[Bulk] Re: [Diy_efi] Donegan ECU

[Steven Donegan]

Of course I have heard of Megasquirt :-) It is THE original useful DIY-EFI box and has been used by many on just about every kind of vehicle.

If you can find one an old early 60's aluminum block Buick 215 V8 may work for you - they were darn popular engines for swaps.

What are the engine limits for the class - Blown OK, engine cylinders? maximum displacement? etc. I may be able to assist.

Phillip Landry <saltracer at hotmail.com> wrote: The short stroke SBF was my first choice, but the crank from Crower was
$2500. I have more money than I used to, but that was an expensive start
to the project as custom pistons were going to be next. The Super Coupe
motor was starting to look like a good alternative. The class we want to run
is E/BSTR. The B stands for blown. I was also looking at the Buick Grand
National motor and trans. The turbo packaging seems to take up much more
room and these also seem to get a little pricey. Have you heard of 
Megasuirt?
thanks Phil

>From: "Steven P. Donegan" 
>Reply-To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [Diy_efi] Donegan ECU
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:17:00 -0800
>
>Get a Ford A4 block or the World Products aluminum equivalent (4 bolt
>mains smallblock ford) stroke to 2.9 something or so (destroked 302
>basically - just find whatever the original 260 used for stroke and keep
>the 'stock' 3.0 bore) and you will have a bulletproof 260 rev monster...
>If they allow any head choice then there are many aluminum jewels to
>choose from. Don't use a distributor at all - or simply use it as a cam
>position sensor and go crank triggered. Gear this with 2.something gears
>and a T5 or T56 tranny (T56 preferred - 2 overdrives) and 200 MPH should
>be 'easy'... If you do the work yourself this is likely <10k worth of
>motor...
>
>If more of a budget is required let me know off list and I'll try and
>fit something from pure junkyard rebuilts up - note though that the
>block really should be something bulletproof for a run like this...
>blowing a motor at >150 could seriously ruin your day and/or kill you..
>
>And I will be happy to work with you on the EFI portion as well :-)
>
>On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 21:39 -0600, Phil Landry wrote:
> > Steven, I just entered into the world of homemade EFI, and was reading 
>all about the Donegan ECU. I'll cut to the chase, I'm building a '32 ford 
>roadster to run at Bonneville in a class that requires a 260 cubic inch 
>engine. I'm looking hard a the engine  made for the Thunderbird Super 
>Coupe. This could be modified to run carb and regular MSD type distributor. 
>But, I would like to maintain the fuel injection and electronic ignition. 
>This combination  in theory should run 200 mph, with a strong enough motor 
>to hold together with lots of boost. Anyway I've just started to try and 
>figure out the fuel injection and very interested in your project. Thanks 
>for your time . Phil Landry
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