[V8] re; stand-alone

[Tony and Lillie]

On Andrew's side, though, are those 15 or so year old electronics that seem 
to get harder to fix every year. Having spent about 60 hours trying to track 
down the cause of my perpetual check engine light for 75k now, I can 
understand why he wants to do this. And, as he has done a 5-speed swap 
already (I think I have the right one), he definately has the ambition and 
know-how.

But, I also understand making a "simple" machine work as intended as well. 
And, the V8's FI system is fairly straightforward and simple. Especially 
compared to more current stuff.

Tony Hoffman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <NicolCS at aol.com>
To: <Michele_Deltergo at KeyBank.com>; <andyschlueter at 4techwork.com>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] re; stand-alone


>
> Andy  wrote:
>
> ya i  bought standalone. Mega Squirt I V2.2 MSnS-E. should be here monday
> or  tuesday......
> After driving to work and school and getting less that 11mpg,  somthing
> had to be done! I think the $320 will be a nice  investment!
>
> Mike wrote
> I agree that something can/should be  done about 11MPG, but I would think
> there would we a lot to do before  buying a new fueling system?
> Craig sez: I agree with Mike.  Having tweaked a fuel map or two, I'll 
> tell
> ya you'll have 200 hours in the project by the time you are done. BTDT. 
> Yes,
> you will have it running after the base map. The other 198 hours will be 
> in
> getting it right. :-)  Either the problem lies behind the steering  wheel 
> or
> there's something wrong with the car.  My trip computer indicates  19 mpg 
> average
> (slow and go, no freeway or stop and go).  On the freeway it  indicates
> 21-28.  As far as fuel economy goes, your time might be better  spent 
> fixing what's
> broken. As far as dragging it down to 12.5:1 for max power,  MegaSquirt or 
> a
> chip, or sensor cheating is required of course. Has anyone  heard of an 
> A/B
> switch like the diesel guys have?  I have done several EFI  conversions 
> for
> American V8s.  The one I like the best as far as  tweakability is 
> concerned, is
> the Edelbrock/Weber unit, which comes with a  program-modifying scan tool 
> and
> ABCD switchability. This unit is flexible enough  to work on the Audi, 
> (with
> mods, of course).
>
> Craig
> 90 V8Q
> 95 S6
> 68 SSRS Camaro with Edelbrock EFI