390 1964 Ford Galaxie 500
390 1964 Ford Galaxie 500
The three lessons learned when building the MS are read, take your time, read, ask questions (or search the forum), read again and take your time. It was intimidating assembling at first, but reading/studying the manual, using the correct tools, and having patience has led to success. Every hiccup I had with it came down to re-reading very carefully and finding a small detail I overlooked. The guys at DIYAutotune have been outstanding with any help or questions I had.
The next step will be a WB O2 sensor, a FI 460 Ford "gooseneck", bigger TB, and 22-24 Lb injectors.
Re: 390 1964 Ford Galaxie 500
I'm using a Weiand intake (7282); all the runners are the same height. I made my own fuel injector bungs from sparkplug anti-foulers. I also made my own fuel rails from fuel rail stock bought from Force EFI. I'll try and get some better pics posted.
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Re: 390 1964 Ford Galaxie 500
67 Mustang Fastback 390 c6 dual quad
You know the "RED" area of the tach???....Thats called..."The FUN ZONE"
Re: 390 1964 Ford Galaxie 500
It's running OK, I've been driving it about 5 miles to work & back. I've learned to change one thing at a time & record/document what the result is. A few good sources of info I've used are the Ford EEC-IV book by Probst, Fuel Injection installation, performance tuning, and modifications by Jeff HArtman (ISBN 0-87938-743-2) and a article I found on the net called TECHNICAL NOTES ON THE EEC-IV MCU. As far as tuning I think it comes down to sensing what the engine wants/reading plugs/watching temps/smelling the exhaust/tracking vacuum at a given rpm. I also broke out the calculator a few times; for example when creating the VE table I used an old Chiltons to figure out what the torque and rpm peaks should be for a 390 4V. It put me pretty close, but I want to install the JAW (wide band O2) to make it spot on. I also want to be of the brave souls to run a MAF meter (going to use a 100mm unit from a 32V Lincoln). If I had to do an install on another car, I'd want to collect as much data as I could to help set up a rough base line to go from. Hope it this helps.
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In the words of Obiwan "patience young Jedi"
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Awesome to hear that your car is going better, im very tempted to do ms on my car as well, id like to get dual throttlebodys so i didnt have to ruin a vintage dual quad lowriser intake, but if i got a blue thunder medium riser id do it in a heartbeat.
what exactly are you doing with the 460 waterneck, and what is a JAW(sorry for not looking it up)
Is there any way you could send me your ms tune, and a quick list of your mods, UNTAMND@gmail.com
67 Mustang Fastback 390 c6 dual quad
You know the "RED" area of the tach???....Thats called..."The FUN ZONE"
Re: 390 1964 Ford Galaxie 500
I to have had the PITA of gasket blow out. I bought some of the copper ones off E-bay awhile back and they work great. I use FelPro Copper Ultra RTV and it seals up great. My heads have the standard FE bolt pattern, so I have to find a set for a car; maybe I'll get lucky on my next trip to the pick-n-pull. I posted my msq to give you a baseline, but you'll still have to make it match your combination. I'd say its at the 75% solution until I get the exhaust fixed.
The JAW is Just Another Wideband controller usinga 2002 VW Jetta 1.8L Turbo WB sensor part # 17014 ($50.XX at Adavnce Auto parts). Pretty easy to put together, appears to be very easy to hookup to MS. But I've run into a few snags with it (challenges to be overcome). I have to shrink the pics I took to ad to the post.