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RE: fi fuel pump

To: odd.hedberg@bigfoot.com, "'Randell Jesup'" <Randell.Jesup@scala.com>
Subject: RE: fi fuel pump
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 15:03:15 +0100
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
excuse me for asking, but where is the red hot point about that? The SDI
comes factory fitted with a lucas copy of the Bosch jetronic, did I miss
the point to get excited about?

Gernot

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> From:         Randell Jesup[SMTP:Randell.Jesup@scala.com]
> Reply To:     Randell Jesup
> Sent:         Monday, August 10, 1998 6:12 AM
> To:   odd.hedberg@bigfoot.com
> Cc:   triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Re: fi fuel pump
> 
> 
> Odd Hedberg <odd@triumphclub.se> writes:
> >> ... (The ford EFI system is almost identical to Bosch Motronic 
> >> (which is L-jetronic plus spark/detonation control).  The XR4 uses 
> >> higher pressure (under boost, same at idle/mild throttle), and has 
> >> more HP, so it's more than good enough in this use. 
> >> I did this with my SD1.
> 
> >should I read this as You've fitted a Bosch Motronic system to a 
> >Rover SD1 V8? If so, please tell us more! 
> 
>       No, just the fuel pump.  A full system could be fitted (though
> I'd
> go with something like a Mustang 8-cyl hot-wire system instead of the
> Merkur 4-cyl vane system), but it would be a lot of work - mostly in
> coming
> up with a reasonable set of maps for ignition and fuel!  Major work
> there unless you're an expert tuner (at programming chips).  It would
> probably be smarter to use something like a Haltech aftermarket EFI
> system, which is designed to be tuned to fit the car.
> 
> -- 
> Randell Jesup, Scala US R&D, Ex-Commodore-Amiga Engineer class of '94
> Randell.Jesup@scala.com
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