This has been on my Wish-List for my 67 Barracuda (w/1970 340 block) since it
first came out.
http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new/mc/efi/pro-flo_chrysler_sb.shtml
Perhaps next year.
Walt
In article <e7pask$40t$1@bent.twistedbits.net>, jon@dakota-truck.net writes:
>
>
> Eric Hufstedler <mopar@ehuffy.com> wrote:
>
> : Someone asked me to post when Mopar Action had an article on EFI
> : for the older cars.
>
> : The Oct 2006 has some more information.
>
> : Unfortunately (for me anyway) it's about how to put a magnum engine
> : in with EFI. Since I just had my LA engine rebuilt, I really
> : wanted a retrofit article.
>
>
> I figured that's probably what they were going to do. Oh well.
> The article was interesting, what I skimmed through anyway. It
> appears that they actually got together with Mopar Performance (?)
> - they kept referring to them as "the factory" to put together a
> wiring harness and three different computers for the 360. There
> wasn't much info there, didn't seem all that helpful overall. For
> example, in one part of the article they say that reprogramming a
> stock computer is "extremely difficult and time-consuming, even
> for trained factory electronic and computer engineers", and once
> its done, you don't want to mess with it; they say that for all
> practical purposes, you can't change it. Their "solution" is to
> ask the factory to come up with three different computers, one
> for a stock 360, another for a mild version and another for the
> crate motor. The first problem with this is that there are several
> outfits out there who will re-program the factory computer, as
> we here on the DML have known for years, so they are wrong on that
> count, and also having three different computers isn't much of
> a solution - instead of being pigeonholed into one tune, now you
> have the choice of three? What happens if your engine doesn't
> match one of the three? Plus, I couldn't see in the article any
> information about where you actually can buy any of this stuff.
> Oh well... Don't get me wrong, having another EFI option is a
> good thing, and I'm sure it would be just the ticket for a great
> number of vehicles. I might consider it if it is cheap enough, but
> for my next EFI conversion, I am still leaning towards the MegaSquirt
> route. The whole article just sort've gave off a weird vibe -
> hard to describe. I think maybe because they are so personally
> invested in the concept, they aren't presenting as objective a
> view as perhaps they should. Of course, it doesn't help that
> its done in the standard "read two sentences on this page, story
> continued in the middle of the magazine, read another paragraph,
> story continued further back, etc." Its really annoying - and
> one of my pet peeves. :-)
>
> Oh, and I know there are a number of people on the list who
> will enjoy this caption that appeared under one of the pics in
> this article: "One really nice feature of all Magnum cylinder
> heads ... are these cool tap-in spark plug heat shields." :-)
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