[V8] re; stand-alone

[Andrew Schlueter]

Just to give a bit of background...
My first car was a '95 jeep wrangler, then built it to 8" SOA,
35's...sponsored by Hella, and BFGoodrich. Sold that to buy a '91 200
20v avant. Developed type44 camber plates, for cheap. Chipped, then a
free tap1 sport turbo. Spun rods..2nd motor, spun more rods, $5K burned
on 7a cams, spec stage 5+ clutch, ect. in a matter of two weeks. Found
out I had a faulty solder on the pressure transducer, no advancement of
timing on boost. Traded titles to get this v8. did the 5 speed swap, and
now onto stand-alone. I did my buddies 034 IC on his 99 a4 1.8t. Did the
whole map for my first time of use. The joint project between my buddy
josh and i. '90 jetta vr6tt quatrro. Should be drivable by the end of
april with about 400whp.

I really just want to have control of my fueling, just so I know it not
just my lead foot.

Andrew W. Schlueter
'90 V8 MQuattro MSnS-E
www.westmotorsports.biz

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony and Lillie [mailto:tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 8:11 PM
To: Andrew Schlueter
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] re; stand-alone

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