Holley HP EFI conversion
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Well... It lit today! Caught me off guard and scared the s#it out of me! I was just bumping it over and didn't remember I plugged the injectors back into get the connector to get it off the flywheel. I was bumping it over to look at my balancer to check the timing while just turning it over. After 1 rotation all hell broke loose. The engine fired right up, I jumped out of my skin! Fireballs pouring out of the heads. All frazzled I didn't have a clue how to shut it down. After a few seconds I regained my composure and turned off the ignition switch. I cussed and swore for a bit while taking the event in. I didn't have the headers on, no O2 sensors hooked up, no map and no plugs in the throttle body.
After I had everything hooked up properly I tried to fire it up again. It needed a lot of throttle to get it to run and would not idle on its own. It was throwing a ton of fuel at it and the shop was full of smoke and unburned fuel. While at home tonight I looked at the fuel map and it's extremely rich. I compared it to other base tunes and they were nowhere near the same. I wrote another tune off of those fuel numbers and will go try it again tomorrow.
After I had everything hooked up properly I tried to fire it up again. It needed a lot of throttle to get it to run and would not idle on its own. It was throwing a ton of fuel at it and the shop was full of smoke and unburned fuel. While at home tonight I looked at the fuel map and it's extremely rich. I compared it to other base tunes and they were nowhere near the same. I wrote another tune off of those fuel numbers and will go try it again tomorrow.
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Trying to decide on oil filter mount. Never use a mount off of the back of the head, but it looks like a cluttered mess mounted on my header. Don't know much of a mess oil change will become. If I mount it on the back of the head I will have to relocate my oil coolers, probably to my New Stringers. That does not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
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I would only mount on the rear if there was a transmission being used, otherwise as forward for access
Mount under the exhaust maybe or above the PS pump
Mount under the exhaust maybe or above the PS pump
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Wildman , I like your spreader bar for them engines
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