GROUP BUY Programmable electronic fuel injection (, Is anyone interested in a SDS Group buy? |
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GROUP BUY Programmable electronic fuel injection (, Is anyone interested in a SDS Group buy? |
Mark Henry |
Feb 27 2003, 02:21 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
Programmable electronic fuel injection (PEFI)
Is anyone interested in a SDS PEFI GROUP BUY? Base system list is $785 or $1165 for the full meal deal (crank trigger ignition) for the 4-cylinder version.(full list price, not counting discount) Discount is 10% off for 2 systems and up to 25% off for 10 systems. So that could = the base 4 cylinder system for approximately $600* or about the price of a new MPS. *(Based on the basic system, no options with 10 people in the buy for a 25% discount, no shipping.) This is for the brain only, many options, you must check out their site and decide what you want/need. Will work on the stock engine and intake system to get you going. Then you can go hipo crazy (cam, TB’s, stroker, etc.) if you want. (I think with a few options $800. to $1000.+ is maybe a more realistic cost per system.) http://www.sdsefi.com/ The points I like about it are: you don’t need a laptop (which is good for me as I’m totally ‘puter stupid), the controller stays in the car, they will build it with a real CHT sender, they custom tailor the harness, the base system isn’t too expensive, info BBS, they have aircooled experience and the guy uses it on his own plane. A couple of bugs and a couple of 911’s are running this system, one 914 in progress. Check it out, sounds good to me, but if you’ve heard anything bad about them let me know. The only real negatives that I have heard so far is; the CPU isn’t waterproof and the 914 guy said that he was having trouble (stock fan) mounting the crank trigger. 6 cylinder version base price $ 815, full meal deal $1320. (full list price, not counting discount) 8 cylinder and Mazda 2 rotor systems also available. If anyone is interested shoot me an email. I’m thinking about buying at the end of April/May. mhenry69@sympatico.ca |
jonwatts |
Mar 1 2003, 12:34 AM
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no rules, just wrong Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,321 Joined: 13-January 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 141 |
I'm not knocking this system because I haven't used it. In fact, I haven't used any EFI system that has a programming pendant, but I have used other pendant systems and I'm not totally convinced they make a task easier; (usually just monotonous).
It's analogous to the address book in a cell phone. Do you want to enter my name by pressing the number '4' three times followed by the '#' key to make an uppercase 'J' or would you rather enter my info with a regular computer keyboard and then download it to the phone? Yes, the computer download method will probably not work the first time (or the first 10 times) and will require some debugging, but if you have 200 names in your address book it's still the easiest way to do it. Plus you have all that data somewhere that can be backed up (like onto a CDROM). Look, I'm an embedded software engineer by trade so I like things to be as simple and straightforward as possible. You might think I'd prefer the pendant but in the case of EFI there is a lot of data to be input and retrieved (more than you can effectively show with a 2x16 LCD display). I think a computer allows the flexibility to display everything in a table or graph and let you see the trends of what is going on with the data. (I'm glad those Windows programming b@stards at work aren't reading this). All that said, don't let me talk you out of it. Anybody doing something like this needs to be encouraged. I hope you get some takers on the group buy. I'm finding that figuring out all the stuff for my installation is a huge amount of fun. |
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