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Dr.Jass

Dr.Jass

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First up, it's not a Torker--it's a Victor.

The mods, fuel rails, and polishing would cost several hundred dollars on top of the $250+ price of a new Victor. This thing has never been bolted to an engine. I don't even know, so I'm asking--what do custom fuel rails (included in the auction) bring these days?

I figure I saved an assload of cash on an MPFI intake for the Imperial... perhaps enough to pay for both the injectors and the controller.

BTW, the site is still painful on the eyes, regardless of what skin I choose. Too many "medium" colors, not enough contrast. I really miss Black2Red.
 
Joy turns to outright ecstasy. What was advertised as a Torker, I assumed by the small pics was actually an Edelbrock Victor. What showed up on my porch this afternoon is a brand-new, MPFI Holley Strip Dominator! I almost feel dirty that I got it at that price. I don't think it's ever been mocked up, much less bolted to an engine.

:dance: :banana: :dance: :banana:

This thing is dead sexy. I am positively moist.
 
Perhaps... I know I got really lucky.

Pics, as requested. I was going to take more but my digital camera is on the way out and I can only snap 3 or 4 before the batteries die.

What appears to be dirt or carbon is actually compound from when the intake was polished. There's still some dried compound hardened around the injector ports and such. It wipes off with a finger. The picture of the fuel rails failed to materialize, but they're polished as well and still have polishing compound in the bolt recesses and injector holes.

The only thing not polished is the underside of the runners!

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I'm not actually all that thrilled that it's polished, though I'm sure that was done primarily to clean up the welds. Knowing me, the sucker'll probably just end up painted engine color anyhow :D
 
I agree, but for some reason I've never liked aluminum on an engine, excepting possibly the valve covers... and even then, I like 'em engine color with aluminum fins or black wrinkle. Maybe it's the sleeper lover in me or maybe it's because I think people are showing off, but I really, truly hate the look of raw aluminum cylinder heads.
 
I plan on using a MegaSquirt II with the v3 circuit board. I'm still undecided as to whether I want to tackle direct ignition but I can start with a distributor and move up from there. The MS-II allows total control of virtually everything including fuel and spark curves for a lot less money than a FAST or Accel setup. Yes, it's harder to initially set up, but I have a lot more time than money. :D Besides, you actually learn something about how EFI and spark curves affect the vehicle rather than just letting someone else's experience do the work for you. Hell, you even have to build the MS (it's a lot cheaper that way--under $200).

I haven't even officially decided on a shortblock yet. My idea for the car is max efficiency while making strong power on demand, which means forced induction (turbocharging). I've done a ton of analysis in the last month or two on this, and believe it or not at this point I'm seriously considering a 318 with a 360-stroke crank, though I will not use a factory crankshaft. There's a lot of though behind using the 318 block, but primarily I don't want this thing to be a top-end screamer--I want more of a midrange engine that's all done at 6000 or 6500 RPM and sips fuel when not being beaten. If EFI Ed can get better than 17MPG with a 3900lb Charger running a natually-aspirated 492-inch big-block running a .535"-lift cam, I would think I could get 20+MPG in a similar-weight Imperial with a mildly-built 349-inch engine that only screams when the boost is up.

For the record, I plan on running only 7-8PSI. I should not need to O-ring the block at that level if I use MLS head gaskets.
 
For the record, the remainder of the drivetrain will consist of either my A833OD four-speed or, if I can score one at a decent price, a Toyota Supra Turbo R154 five-speed. Either trans would be feeding an 8¾" rear packed with a cone-type Sure Grip and my NOS 3.36 gears.
 
I hear excellent things about MegaSquirt for those talented who work with it. The open source allows for contious updating.
I am learning efi a bit as I got the Fast XFI and will still need to plot timing and fuel curves etc.

Loads of potential with the EFi setup. Your build sound like a blast!
 
I don't know very much about FI set-ups, but it sounds pretty interesting.
Keep us in the loop Doc.
 
im running a gotech in my alfa just so i could get some reliability of ditching the old L-jet crap...i got it used for a screaming deal...but the learning curve on this stuff is INSANE!!!!!!..33 points of adjustment for every 300rpm ...and thats 33 points of fuel 33 points of spark...then theres the 33 points of aditional curve based on each ..o2, tps, air temp, water temp, vac pressure/boost, launch control....no2 can also be added into it if one wanted to
i must say this..driving down the road with a laptop in the passenger seat data logging and tuning while moving is quite different....this system will likely get migrated over to the lloyd when the time comes
 
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