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Customer Inquiry One of our customers recently inquired about idle lope in his funnycar dragster. ‘What can I do to minimize idle surge on our funny car? It’s difficult to stage at the starting line. It has a Bruno (torque converter), Lenco transmission, Enderle Bird Catcher fuel injection hat, Enderle K type barrel valve with […]
Rons Fuel Injection has provided us with air flow data for their throttle body setups. We analyzed the power potential of these simple and very popular fuel injection systems. Racing engine size capabilities were determined at the flow CFM numbers provided by Rons Fuel Injection. For 100% air density, horsepower capabilities were also determined. Rons […]
We attended the July 7th race with about 30 winged FI sprint cars and several other carburetor fed racers and late models all competing in front of a couple thousand spectators; thanks to Dani Noceti and staff for a great evening; many couples and families with children all enjoying the competition; very safe and clean […]
On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 12:42 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: Hi Bob, I have Don Geradot’s Yellow ’78 Corvette Funny Car… John Dunn built a 540″ Fuel Hemi that he converted for alcohol: JP-1 Block, Veney fuel heads… SSI 14-71 Blower, Enderle Hat, CS-1 3 speed Lenco, & Crowerglide 3 disc pedal clutch. I […]
Dani Noceti & staff at Stockton 99 speedway did another great job organizing this event. All of these racecars on pavement are fast. The turn-around of the various classes was very quick. The racer participants kept their cars reliable with few show interruptions. I was impressed with all of the fuel injection cars storming out […]
Rons Fuel Injection provided MFI throttle body flow data so that we could analyze the power potential of these low cost, simple fuel injection systems. Racing engine sizes and horsepower potentials were determined at these flow cfm numbers for 100% air density, and are included. Rons FI MFI Toilets 3-3/4″ = 1240cfm: can feed 595 […]
Due to popular demand, we can now provide our ProCalc fuel injection jetting calculator already set up to run your fuel injection combination. This special service includes an extensive evaluation of your fuel injection setup and a custom fuel injection manual all about your engine. We have already done different fuel injection configurations, fuels, and […]
We will be at The Sacramento Autorama Feb 16-18, 2018. Email us at bob@racecarbook.com if you are attending. We’ll look you up and take pictures. This event is tops for Sacramento area hot rodders. A host of MFI and EFI powered hot rods and performance boats are featured. We will be studying them and again […]
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Engler Stumble Valve A recent provision from Tim Engler is his stumble valve. It is a normally open bypass valve that closes with pressure. Note: Most conventional fuel injection bypass valves are normally closed and open with pressure, such as for a high speed lean-out function.