INTRODUCTION

[Mike Swayze]

At 06:37 PM 11/3/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm doing FI on the 403 Olds in my '71 Cutlass, which would be simular to
>your 350 Olds setup.   Using a 75-80 Caddy Seville (Olds 350) intake with a
>89 TPI '165 ECM and harness, with a TPI throttle body, adapted standard
>Ford injectors to the intake using the stock fuel rail, use all the TPI
>sensors.   
>
>It's almost at the stage it's gonna get bolted on a test motor and fired,
>right now just doing some head-banging about injectors.   There's plenty
>I've learned the hard way, and I'm sure everyone here will be a GREAT
>resource.
>
>Nice choice on the '39 Plym.  A friend has a '37 and '47 Dodge.   How about
>keeping your Mopar all Mopar - grab a FI 318 from a late van or truck!  
>
actually I had considered 331,354,392 but budgets dont quite allow it. I am
currently driving my donor(and really hate quadrajets).thanks for the info





>At 01:10 PM 11/03/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi
>>My name is Mike. I graduated NC State in 1985 with a BSME. I have a couple
>>of 39 plymouths for project cars--one very good condition 4- door sedan and
>>one seriously in need of channeling and sectioning coupe. My donor car for
>>the sedan is a 75 olds cutlass-350/350. I am in the process of researching
>>fuel inj. options for this motor and from what I have read, I hope to be
>>able to scrounge up a vortec cpi setup to modify. I am new to diy_efi and
>>am still trying to digest what I have read so far. any help would be
>>appreciated. 
>>What I hope to be able to do is to fabricate a sheetmetal tunnel ram type
>>manifold for use with port type cpi(I have only seen pictures of this and
>>have not been able to get a parts rundown yet).
>>The manifold would be laser cut from plate and tubing with a seperate
>>valley cover. I have not been able to get a parts rundown on 5.7l vortec
>>FI. Time frame on this phase of my 4- door sedan is approx. 2-yrs. so I
>>have time for plenty of research. I have just recently completed the
>>installation of front susp. on the frame and am fabricating parts for
>>mounting the rear susp... motor and trans, steering column, wiring etc.
>>should come about this time next year.
>>If there are websites or manuals with detailed info on the vortec or other
>>cpi port type fi. please let me know
>>>From what little I have read I am wondering what stoichiometric? equations
>>are involved in calculating the values in the various ecm tables or if they
>>are strictly from experience(experimentation).
>>
>>Thanks
>>Mike
>>
>>
>--> Bob Valentine
>--> bob at tecmark.com
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