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Rinkle_Stinkle wrote:So what’s the recommended EFI kit for an 88 wag? This will be a DD but I’ll be adding some performance to it like an intake, CAM and it already has a TFI ignition upgrade. Of course the other upgrades will happen later when I rebuild the engine. I’m just trying to get an overall game plan on where I want to be in the next few years.

Also how difficult is the upgrade? I have some experience but I would say im by no means able to do extremely complicated upgrades.

Rinkle_Stinkle wrote:So what’s the recommended EFI kit for an 88 wag? This will be a DD but I’ll be adding some performance to it like an intake, CAM and it already has a TFI ignition upgrade.

Also how difficult is the upgrade? I have some experience but I would say im by no means able to do extremely complicated upgrades.

kansasboy001 wrote:

Rinkle_Stinkle wrote:So what’s the recommended EFI kit for an 88 wag? This will be a DD but I’ll be adding some performance to it like an intake, CAM and it already has a TFI ignition upgrade.

Also how difficult is the upgrade? I have some experience but I would say im by no means able to do extremely complicated upgrades.

Just about any will work. Howell makes a kit just for the 360. But holleys new 2bbl efi system looks good. Also if you have a lot of cash edelbrock has a multi port kit

d4xycrq wrote:It reminds me of the fuel injection system on my '86 Camaro. It's got a V-6 - and Chevy solved the problem of initial enrichment by simply adding a 7th injector that presumably squirts just on start up.

MJMadness wrote:

d4xycrq wrote: Toyota used a system like that too. Junk.




For under $1k you can get a basic FiTech. Or for right at $1K you can get the basic Holley Sniper setup. You'll need to spend a few more bucks on a fuel pump and intake manifold, assuming you have neither. I'd go with the Holley Sniper personally.

swampedge wrote:This would work good for a vehicle that sees a lot of altitude changes as it’s driven. Heavy loads or launches at the drag strip. Everyday use? Jim


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swampedge wrote:Do not run it through the mechanical pump it will blow out the diaphragm and fill your crankcase with gas.


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Rinkle_Stinkle wrote: I'm looking at the Holley Electric Fuel Pump part# 12-801-1.. good pump?

Rinkle_Stinkle wrote:

swampedge wrote:This would work good for a vehicle that sees a lot of altitude changes as it’s driven. Heavy loads or launches at the drag strip. Everyday use? Jim


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I like the fact you can stack the plates to add 2 injectors (but that obviously doubles the price). I also like the ease of installation as well. no need to put in a high pressure fuel pump (that I'm aware of). With the O2 sensor it can detect AFR and adjust it accordingly. You can adjust the spray amount, pulse time and shape of the spray.

I get its still using a Carb, but it does appear to give those who love a carb the ability to still keep their carb and not have to worry about the headaches of cold starts without breaking the bank and causing an installation nightmare.

That being said I'm still not sure I would purchase it. I appreciate the input I received and will continue looking at more possibilities because I have lots of time before I make this mod.

MJMadness wrote:

Rinkle_Stinkle wrote:

swampedge wrote:This would work good for a vehicle that sees a lot of altitude changes as it’s driven. Heavy loads or launches at the drag strip. Everyday use? Jim


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I like the fact you can stack the plates to add 2 injectors (but that obviously doubles the price). I also like the ease of installation as well. no need to put in a high pressure fuel pump (that I'm aware of). With the O2 sensor it can detect AFR and adjust it accordingly. You can adjust the spray amount, pulse time and shape of the spray.

I get its still using a Carb, but it does appear to give those who love a carb the ability to still keep their carb and not have to worry about the headaches of cold starts without breaking the bank and causing an installation nightmare.

That being said I'm still not sure I would purchase it. I appreciate the input I received and will continue looking at more possibilities because I have lots of time before I make this mod.

I don't see how it has any useful control of the AFR, as it can only enrich the mixture. Half of the problem with carbs is that they go rich. You're still going to get puddled fuel on cold starts, meaning as much as this thing tried the AFR is going to go all over the place. I guess you could tune the engine lean and disable the choke, but that is creating a solution for a problem at that point. With only an O2 sensor it is purely reactionary, no decent fuel control system works this way, everything has some means to anticipate via some other sensors (TPS, MAF, MAP, etc in EFI, the actual throttle linkage is used in mechanical FI and with a carb). As there is lag between the actual lean/rich condition and the O2 sensor picking it up, and then the system being able to adjust, and then that fuel to actually make its way into the combustion chamber, there will be constant fluctuation in the AFR.