Re: fuel injection

[Ray Mick <rmick@xxxxxxx>]

Sprint cars use a manual fuel injection with a unit called a dial a  
jet. The driver can rotate a knob in the cockpit to change the jet for  
the return fuel. The unit can be loaded up with different jets prior to  
racing.
On Thursday, October 14, 2004, at 11:20  PM, Ian Cudmore wrote:

> ok guys i have an idea, and i'm not so sure how easy it would be to  
> set up but... here goes, gotta be easier than dealying with all the  
> computer crap
> baisicaly what i want to do is take the intake manifold off of a 4.0   
> and set it up without a computer
> as i understand it with fuel injection you have baisicaly a  
> pressureised loop coming from and to the fuel tank, along with this is  
> another line that comes up to the injectors, in between the two is a  
> reastatcontrolled by the computer and as the throttle is increased  
> <among all sorts of other variables.. .but this is the important one>  
> the reastat closes a valve off and forces the fuel to move on to the  
> injectors, wich are open.
> now, if one was to remove the computer, and reastat, and replace them  
> with a manualy controlled one, that you could hook up to say... a  
> throttle cable it could do the same job, only without having to mess  
> with all those damn sensors and wires and crap, and most importantly  
> at a much lower cost.
>
> what do you guys think is this totaly out to lunch or with some  
> refinement, great fun?
>
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