Post by DemolitionMission on Feb 24, 2010 13:54:47 GMT -5
Here is a spot for anyone who has ran a fuel injected car to tell there story. Good tips and advice when building a fuel injected car.
I ran 2 fuel injected cars for my first 2 years derbying. Here is there story....
First derby car, 1981 Lincoln. Came stock with TBI. Throttle Body Injection. This car had the very first style of fuel injection ever put into Fords. It was known as the EEC system. An interesting feature about this engine was that 2 cylinders spark plugs fired at the same time while running. 1 cylinder fired in combustion mode on one side of the engine, then 1 of the 4 cylinders on the opposite would fire the spark plug during the exuast cycle. There were physically 2 tabs built inside the distributor.
I bought the car from the junkyard, unknown if it ran or not. Was told all the parts were there. Installed a new battery and the car started up.
Drove the car to its grass spot to sit for winter. By the time we parked it, smoke was pouring out from under the hood. (Turns out the car burned oil like crazy. More oil than fuel.)
The only items we moved from the engine compartment were the battery and soliniod. Every other item remained in stock location. (Yea we were young and didnt know any better)
Plastic fenders and all
Can Never have enough padding
Ready for first run.
After running over a bumper, the stock fuel line under car was ripped out of my fuel pump. The electric fuel pump sitting in my car then continued to fill the floor full of gas. I caused the first red flag of the day, stopping the derby until my car was pushed out of the arena.
After the first run.
We pulled the backend out as much as we could. Installed a fuel line inside the car and went to another derby the next week.
Fixed and ready to go.
The car still had the stock shifter being used. After the 2nd hit, the shifter bound up and I could only drive forwards. So I drove circle track style hitting anything in the way until my car was pushed into a wall head first. Not being able to back up, another car full tracked my rearend. The axle was shoved forward, snapped the driveshaft in half. Both sides of the frame also split in half.
Front end held up great.
Here is the frame after splitting in half horizontaly under BOTH driver and passenger doors.
Final Resting place..
The motor still ran after the last derby. But on less than 8 cylinders. It was burning oil so bad that it would not stay running in idle. Unbelivably all of the stock wiring stayed intact and working during both derbys.
To Be Continued with my 2nd fuel injected car.
I ran 2 fuel injected cars for my first 2 years derbying. Here is there story....
First derby car, 1981 Lincoln. Came stock with TBI. Throttle Body Injection. This car had the very first style of fuel injection ever put into Fords. It was known as the EEC system. An interesting feature about this engine was that 2 cylinders spark plugs fired at the same time while running. 1 cylinder fired in combustion mode on one side of the engine, then 1 of the 4 cylinders on the opposite would fire the spark plug during the exuast cycle. There were physically 2 tabs built inside the distributor.
I bought the car from the junkyard, unknown if it ran or not. Was told all the parts were there. Installed a new battery and the car started up.
Drove the car to its grass spot to sit for winter. By the time we parked it, smoke was pouring out from under the hood. (Turns out the car burned oil like crazy. More oil than fuel.)
The only items we moved from the engine compartment were the battery and soliniod. Every other item remained in stock location. (Yea we were young and didnt know any better)
Plastic fenders and all
Can Never have enough padding
Ready for first run.
After running over a bumper, the stock fuel line under car was ripped out of my fuel pump. The electric fuel pump sitting in my car then continued to fill the floor full of gas. I caused the first red flag of the day, stopping the derby until my car was pushed out of the arena.
After the first run.
We pulled the backend out as much as we could. Installed a fuel line inside the car and went to another derby the next week.
Fixed and ready to go.
The car still had the stock shifter being used. After the 2nd hit, the shifter bound up and I could only drive forwards. So I drove circle track style hitting anything in the way until my car was pushed into a wall head first. Not being able to back up, another car full tracked my rearend. The axle was shoved forward, snapped the driveshaft in half. Both sides of the frame also split in half.
Front end held up great.
Here is the frame after splitting in half horizontaly under BOTH driver and passenger doors.
Final Resting place..
The motor still ran after the last derby. But on less than 8 cylinders. It was burning oil so bad that it would not stay running in idle. Unbelivably all of the stock wiring stayed intact and working during both derbys.
To Be Continued with my 2nd fuel injected car.
