Re: 24# Injectors vs. Elec. Fan??

From: Robert Trottmann (rotrottmann@davidson.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 25 1999 - 21:11:19 EDT


Yes, good price, but www.corall.net, a mustang page, is FULL of advertisements for
24# injectors....found like five in the last week for $100 a set, so I probably
won't have trouble getting them. Guess I should go w/ the fan, though. Thanks much.

Robert

Jon Steiger wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Robert Trottmann wrote:
>
> > Soo....to put a new twist on this debate, should I go for an electric fan
> > setup, about $150 or so, or the injectors for $100? Which would give me more
> > horses for the buck? Also, will the injectors really help on my Dak, which is
> > naturally aspirated (and probably always will be) and has no, and never will
> > have, any internal work? Just boltons, thats it. So basically, if you just
> > had $100, and my Dakota, which would you get?
>
> In your situation, I would definitely go for the electric fan first.
> (I'm planning on doing a fan soon; how soon depends on the ol' checkbook),
> then I'll look at injectors later. I'm planning on building a little
> meter that will show me the duty cycle of the injectors. Until you
> know that, I think you'd just be replacing parts "in the dark". From
> what I've heard, you don't need to upgrade your injectors unless
> your stock ones can't keep up with the fuel requirements (duty cycle
> near 100%). It probably wouldn't hurt to change them, but I think
> you'd see bigger gains from the fan at this point. Still, $100
> is a pretty good price... :-)
>
> -Jon-
>
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