DeTomaso Mailing List: April 98, Message #268

At 11:24 AM 4/4/98 +0000, THarveyZep wrote:
>Thanks for the reply on some options available.  Looking in the PAW
catalog it
>shows the following for the GT-40 induction system:
>PN: FOR-M-6001-A50..(has everything that sits on top of
>eng.).............$756.95
>
>in addition you need:  Main Harness & Mass Air Meter
>kit....................$285.95
>                                Throttle
>Body.......................................(around) $250.00
>                                 Electric Fuel
>Pump..........................................$140.00
>                                 Manifold spacer
>plate.......................................$240.00
>route a fuel return line back to the fuel tank
>______
>                                  Cost to do this system on a      
>
Pantera................
>...................$1675.90
>
>So tell me after I have spend $1675.90 on a fuel injection system; will the
>thing run?  And if so how well????                
>
>Tony 73L
>

Tony, I have a feeling you may be missing some stuff in your list here.

First off the price on the gt40 intake does not sound like it comes with
everything.  You need the upper and lower intake, 8 injectors (35lb min),
fuel rails, fuel pressure regulator, and fittings for the fuel rails.
Usually  the injectors alone are $500

Then the price on the mass air meter seems a bit low.  You  need harness,
computer, mass airflow meter, and air tube.  All this stuff comes with the
SVO speed density to mass airflow kit which used to cost $600.  The kit you
have may just be some type of larger upgrade.

You may not be getting all the parts you need here, then you have to worry
about how the engine runs.  If the injector sizes do not match the mass air
flow meter, it will run like shit or not run at all.  You will need a mass
air meter calibrated for the injectors you run.  Then again the program in
the computer may not be right and you cant change that.

Just some thoughts.

Dave D