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by Thomjpster
Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:25 am
Forum: Tuning Fuel and Air
Topic: Cold Starts and Ethanol?
Replies: 1
Views: 203

Cold Starts and Ethanol?

It's startingt o get colder, and the old jeep is getting hard to start on e-85.

Are there any tricks you guys are using during the winter?


Thom
by Thomjpster
Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:11 am
Forum: Injectors, Fuel & Air Supply
Topic: donor vehicle? - external fuel pump for TBI
Replies: 8
Views: 548

Re: donor vehicle? - external fuel pump for TBI

Those Ford external pumps are found on a LOT of different cars and trucks, and apparently they all interchange.

I'v gotten them off T-birds vans and pickups.
For a TBI I would immagin that one pump would feed 2 TBIs, you only need 12psi. If not, then run 2 pumps?
My friend is using one on a GM 4.3 ...
by Thomjpster
Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:26 am
Forum: Injectors, Fuel & Air Supply
Topic: GM Rochester TBI inlet fittings - what type?
Replies: 6
Views: 509

Re: GM Rochester TBI inlet fittings - what type?

My local Autozone had the correct ends.
Approx 12" of steel line with the o ring. I then used compression fittings and stuff to get to a 3/8 barbed fitting to high pressure hose.

Then back to large brake lines all the way back to the tank where I used the tranny cooler adapters to get back to ...
by Thomjpster
Fri May 30, 2008 7:04 am
Forum: Tuning Fuel and Air
Topic: Tuning between spark and ve
Replies: 1
Views: 288

Re: Tuning between spark and ve

Whelp, after quite a bit of experimentation between the spark and VE tables I've gotten quite good results.

The basic results were:

1) Increasing advance pulls more vacc at cruse (up to a point)
2) no real change in VE requirements noticed.

I think I'm running more efficently now because of the ...
by Thomjpster
Wed May 21, 2008 11:07 am
Forum: Tuning Fuel and Air
Topic: Tuning between spark and ve
Replies: 1
Views: 288

Tuning between spark and ve

Hey guys,

I've been tuning along for a while now, and I've moved on to adjusting the spark table.
I think I've found the upper limmit for idle advance, and I've been backing off that area with improvements. http://www.msefi.com/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=31733

I'm still sneeking up on the max advance ...