I'm going to be putting fuel injection in my 56. I have looked at all of the big names and they want about $2800 for their systems. At the GNRS this year, I saw the display from a company called FiTech and spoke with Jeremy, their senior engineer. He explained how their system works, what they have done with fuel injection in the past and their cost, $1500 for a complete system which includes a command center which is a sump with a high pressure electric fuel pump that mounts in the engine bay so you don't have to run return lines to the tank. I compared it to the Edelbrock system which is $1300 more and the Edelbrock sump is plastic instead of aluminum. I went to their shop and spoke with the owner, Ken(So far everyone I have met at the company has been very friendly and knowledgeable, a very pleasant experience). He took about an hour to show me around and answered all of my questions, so, I pre-ordered the system and got the throttle body Tuesday and should be getting the command center in about a week. I'll take lots of pictures and videos of the install and report back. I've got my fingers crossed as I will be taking the 56 on a 3500 mile vacation in June.
Keep us posted Stig. I like FI a lot. Gonna use factory 5.0 FI for my '54 Club Coupe. Putting it on a 351W with a manifold to plenum adaptor. I also want to use fuel injection on a '41 Ford pick up with a 351W. I would like to use an after market FI but the prices have been scary. This unit seems pretty reasonable. Hope it works out for you.
One thing that looks good with this is that it's self contained, the brain is built into the body. No wires to run other than the sensor wires.
Fuel injection from a 1997 thru 2000 FI 302 is easy to adapt. The high price of aftermarket kits is the reason I stayed with oem parts for my Vicky. The most expensive item was remapping the ECU but I got a mild tune in the process as a bonus. Anybody with an interest in rolling their own should get in touch with EFI GUY on Cl***ic Broncos. A great guy who will help through the whole process. Ralph
I got the system last Friday. I went out after dinner to see how much I could get done. I did the entire install in about three hours. I got it running and called it a night. I went out Saturday morning to clean up the wiring and had to start it up again, just to listen to the engine, what a nice crisp throttle response. That's when the alternator froze up. I ordered a new one from Streetsideauto.com, $40 cheaper than Summit. It should be here by Thursday. I will have three days to make sure everything is right before I head out on my 3500 mile vacation. I can't say enough good about the Fitechefi.com system, easy installation, complete adjustability with their hand held unit. I know I said I would post lots of pictures but it went so quick and easy, I never stopped to take pictures. I do have some of it installed which I will post later when I have more time. And did I mention, it costs less than $1000, $1400 if you want the sump so you don't have to run return lines.
One other thing, after having the car running in the garage for about five minutes, I opened the door into the house and the wife didn't complain about the smell.
Awesome. Post some pics when you get time...So your trip..the Back to the 50's? I don't know where "The biggest county in the country is", so I don't know where your trip is starting either.
I usually won't try starting my car in the garage for the same reason, the smell. If I do, I put a big fan in front of the car, open the main door, the back door and even a window but even then my wife still complains about fumes in the house.
Texas, I live in San Bernardino County in CA. It is to counties what Texas is to the lower 48. It's bigger than eight states. I'll be visiting family in OR, ID, WY, CO, UT and NV. No car shows that I know of.
I put about 3,000 miles on it while on vacation and another 500 since I've been back. I have had zero problems with it. It fires right up, idles nice and has good acceleration, maybe not quite as good as with a carb but that may be due to the distributor going bad. I got about 18 MPG while on vacation, 302/5 speed. All in all it has worked great and I would recommend it to anyone. Here are some pictures. Front view of mounted unit, mounts just like a carb. Everything is contained within the unit, no external brain, the only wires are to the ignition, distributor, O2 sensor and control module. The yellow wires coiled at the rear are all the wires used. The same throttle cable I used on the carb. Stealth, looks just like a carb. This is the control module. It houses the high pressure fuel pump, no return line to tank, just the one high pressure to the unit, one low pressure line from the fuel pump, two wires and a vacuum line to the unit. Mounts right on the radiator support.
Wow, this is the first I've heard of this setup. I looked at the other big names, but quickly looked away when I saw the prices. This system is fairly affordable, considering one could spend the same amount on a nice carb setup capable of handling the same power numbers. I really like the self contained command center, utilizing the original fuel pump for supply, which seems like it could easily be converted back to carb should any problems arise, say on a road trip. Just keep the carb and related stuff in the trunk as a backup. I'm curious if they will make a 2 injector setup in the future, like a 2bbl, for lower power (stock) engines, since this system claims 250-600hp. I see a whole market of flatheads, 6cyls, and stock small blocks that would benefit from this, but are not in the 250hp range. If they made something like that I might be on board. Thanks for sharing your experience with this, it's pretty cool
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