thoughts on FITECH EFI

[bartlett]

Yep that's why I upgraded!    Afterwork I tinkered with the cold prim and hot prime.  Unreal how nice it starts now. Click-vroooom.....

[66FAIRLANE]

Ok boys time for an update. How's it all going?

[amdscooter]

^^^ What he said! I've been following the thread as well as one of these setups should be a snap on my mild 390. I get damn near 15 inches of vac. Probably have a harder time getting the electric fuel pump installed. ;p

[stubbie]

Thinking of changing to EFI. What would be the best intake manifold to use for efi on a 390? Dual or single plane.

[66FAIRLANE]

Bumpty bump! C'mon guys, update time, I'm getting an itchy trigger finger.

[JamesonRacing]

Put the Quick Fuel EFI system on my 418 in my convertible.  Starts and idles better than any FE has a right to.  Still working out some of the enrichment on acceleration.  No gas smell or sooty exhaust.  Will know more when I'm able to drive it and get some miles on the system.

[bartlett]

Sorry I work alot in the summer ...

So I Have about 400 miles on it.. 

Works great ! I like it alot. The bad is lack of tuning information from fitech itself. If you search the internet there is alot of information.

I went from 8-9 mpg to 14mpg ! And this was on a good dyno tune setup.

I sure like that I can tweek any setting with a push of a button ! 

Tweeks I have done

 I added fuel to the prime.  (starts right off the key faster )
 I took away fuel in the warm up  (idles correctly during warm up)
added fuel on fast tip in. (Hits harder)
adjusted air/fuel at cruise speed (14.3 had a slight surge feel) set to 13.6 and its perfect.

Things I like alot

turn key instant starts ! No matter hot or cold !
idle ! smoothes out my idle and it stays the same all day long no matter if its hot or cold !
The hammer ! Its instant ! no wait! its 100% 4 barrel all open instantly !
information ! you can see whats going on ! temp,vac,batt,rpm,air fuel, ect ect ! it tells you everything !
The dual tuning , The have a standard and pro tuning. (helps the average joe to tweeks)

The Bad ?
tuning information (feeling of your on your own)
Cheapness of a couple of the adapters supplied. ( I used my own)
The feeling of wanting to mess with it ! Its to easy to use ! it runs great and you sit in the driveway and tinker !!!!!! ....

overall ! if your the average guy wanting a awsome efi for alot less than the average pricing of efi systems GO FOR IT !!!! ....

 right now I dont have the timing being controlled by the efi. I have the timing perfect as it is and would rather just get the efi right first. Maybe this spring I will switch it over once Im positive I understand the efi part.

[amdscooter]

Thanks! I have a bit of rear end work to tidy up first but this is definitely going on my "ok I'm going to pull the trigger" list. Guessing once I get it up and running I can probably sell my 750DP to offset some of the cost. Keep hitting the thread with updates when time allows!

best
scott

[fastback 427]

Thanks for the updates. That just made up my mind to try one out as well!

[bartlett]

Did the " cruise for the troops today "

Car ran 100% flawless! !! Fired right off the key,ran perfect in all conditions!

Very happy!!!!!!!   

Wish I had this from the start!!!!!

[My427stang]

Did the " cruise for the troops today "

Car ran 100% flawless! !! Fired right off the key,ran perfect in all conditions!

Very happy!!!!!!!   

Wish I had this from the start!!!!!

Good to hear, I am looking for a cheaper option for my truck over the SEFI in my Mustang.  Sounds like this is going the right way!

[Ford428CJ]

Glad to hear it works like it's suppose to Bob. I know that anything less than 5in of vacuum... You'll have to play with it to get it working correctly. I emailed them directly about that.

[bartlett]

update.

 I did have a problem, I started the car up last sat and it fired right up and was warming up. all of a sudden it started to gurgle and blow black smoke and quit ! I was like WTF ! lol ... restarted it and it acted like the choke was on ! .. looked at the screen and the AF was reading 20 and my other AF guage was reading pig rich at 9 .. so after some reading the test of the 02 was to unplug it and the pcm will revert back to a stored map. unplugged it and the car fired right up and was running correctly. so a quick parts store run and a new 02 ($50 ) its back up and running .. No idea why it went bad but it did ... Its installed correctly ect .. oh well ..

Just thought its only fair to state the good and the bad.. so far I love the efi ,just hope the 02 was a fluke .....

[amdscooter]

Thanks for the update! Wonder what wiped out your O2? They usually last much longer, it's just a sensor so I doubt the FI could have anything to do with it. Maybe you got the 5 oclock whistle sensor. 

I've been watching the price on the Power Adder and fuel Command Center, currently have a $100 rebate on the main unit.. very tempted.

[bartlett]

I emailed fitech .... they said they will replace it no problem .. just email them the proof of purchase and the will mail one out ....