Drive By Wire

[Jeff Teuton]

There is plenty to these new cars. That from a real old car guy. But the total adjustability is what makes them a little hard to duplicate. I could go into the detail about Throttle Position, Timing Change going down the track (did I say MSD Digital), fuel pressure (critical to a EFI, a carb only needs supply) gliches, gloches, etc. Dan Fletcher went back to a carb car. Now for fact not fiction. My ss EFI 360 motor makes 10 more hp and 12 more tqe with a race 850, than a 1000 cfm Throttle Body and Fast EFI system no matter how you adjust them. A comp motor of say 850 hp will probably make 20 more. I was surprised so i confirmed that with several guru's and suppliers around the nation. Seems starting the atomization in the venturi has a better effect than injecting solid fuel at the bottom of the runner. The EFI systems of today evolved from the need for EFI on factory cars because of driveablity and emissions especially in view of the unleaded and weak fuel we run driving around. Total adjustablilty, such as the factory system that adjusts timing and fuel in microseconds makes a car run well. I think we have about 100 sensors that inform the motor what is happening while driving. At wot, most of these sensors are ignored. I'm lost. I quit for now.