Just a reminder, that you said you were taking orders for anyone else who wants one and I pulled this number. 
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Very funny! But, I'm NOT taking orders. Not even one.
Danny I think I can confidently speak for all on here when I say Please Chassis Dyno this setup, tune there and report RWHP and torque numbers here.
My prediction is still what it was (and what you're already starting to feel): your peak HP will go up a little but your torque curve is going up a lot over a long stretch of useable RPMs above and below your peak.
It's going to make you care less about gear spacing.
@DannyP posted:Very funny! But, I'm NOT taking orders. Not even one.
Okay. If you change your mind, I will sweeten the pot.
You can do it for free and I am likely to complain about it after you are done. Probably on this website but perhaps some others too.
@DannyP, sorry I missed the last couple of months on this thread. You have really aced this project. You have @edsnova's attention to detail, @Alan Merklin's professional approach and @Stan Galat's technical curiosity and fearlessness. What a magnificent job!
Congratulations on your limited business adventure and may you have many miles of EFI induced grins.
Respect to Michael, but I think Danny is way, way more attentive to detail—to say nothing of skilled—than me. I'm not in either of your league.
@edsnova posted:Respect to Michael, but I think Danny is way, way more attentive to detail—to say nothing of skilled—than me. I'm not in either of your league.
Funny, I would never attempt to do what you've accomplished this past year or so. Different comfort levels I guess.
Ed, I wouldn't even consider attempting all the details you put into your Spyder. I decided I have a "loose" replica. You built something far closer to the OG.
Hey you two! Get a room! 
Go back to your own thread, @Lane Anderson
Don't make me go out to Bremen!
The kid around the corner from me, Josiah, is building his Ghia engine with a CB Performance fuel injection rig. He's got the pan well along (ready to weld in new floors). I told him to get on this thread for some helpful hints.
Now that Mike is done and Danny is almost done with their EFi conversions we need to look toward the future and how to integrate NOS.
Unreliable rumors have it that a certain benevolent despot with a wont for bold tinkering has been looking at this Speeduino menu 😀
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What really intrigues me, is that someone is sitting around somewhere, writing the software for this stuff.
@Michael Pickett posted:Unreliable rumors have it that a certain benevolent despot with a wont for bold tinkering has been looking at this Speeduino menu 😀
We may (or may not) have considered this at one time here in the People's Republic, but saner heads prevailed and we went a different direction. Pity that.
Not that I've thought about it or anything... but if I gave a Type 1 a NOS shot, I'm pretty sure I'd keep as much as possible analog. I'd do digital spark for sure (with some spark retard when on the bottle) - but there's just too many layers of complexity for me with N2O to even think about EFI. Old dog an all that.
But I've always thought a nice, stout T4, twin-plugged, dry-sumped with a mildish (82b or the like) cam and a 50 or 100 shot spray down the 48s would be pretty freaking impressive. It would also need H2O injection for sure - you'd probably trigger that with the spark retard.
My problem would be keeping my thumb off the button.
The only thing I might consider would be a MILD turbo installation on a type1. But I'm not. Nitrous? Heck NO! Supercharger? No thanks. You guys have at it.
I'm very happy in NA heaven. We've been having a cooler spell here. I'll do more fine-tuning when nice weather comes back. Currently about 30F out.
I'm with you guys. I've had my over boosted turbo and supercharger fun. 1776cc of normally aspirated goodness is just my speed.
NO2 would be a challenge and I like the thrill of the on/off acceleration profile, but I suspect Marianne would prefer keeping the space for the AC. I'm still building her trust in a car that was built in a tent.
Some guys just like to drive. Some guys just like to drive fast. And some guys just like to break parts.
@Michael Pickett posted:I'm with you guys. I've had my over boosted turbo and supercharger fun. 1776cc of normally aspirated goodness is just my speed.
NO2 would be a challenge and I like the thrill of the on/off acceleration profile, but I suspect Marianne would prefer keeping the space for the AC. I'm still building her trust in a car that was built in a tent.
I know what you mean my son had an aversion for my car at first with all the sorting we had to do.
Our Dear Leader and angel of the celestial realm wrote (for our unworthy benefit):
"I'd do digital spark for sure (with some spark retard when on the bottle)"
Truly, our Dear Leader surely knows the ways of his people and the world.
When I'm on the bottle, I, too, feel retarded.
Dear Leader truly is all-knowing and we are blessed by his prescience.
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@Michael Pickett posted:.... I'm still building her trust in a car that was built in a tent...
Built in a tent or not, I'm not sure we ever achieve trust. Tolerance may be the best we can hope for.
Trust implies a certain steady state - there's a permanence to it. It's something in the bank we can draw against.
Tolerance is an uneasy truce that can be broken at any time.
And it doesn't take much. An unscheduled ride through a hailstorm. Losing one's oil to a manhole cover. Needing a new engine at an untimely time.
Trust is a worthwhile goal - like achieving world peace or finding all of one's socks in the dryer, but I'm learning to be content with tolerance and take life as it comes.
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Au contraire, Mitch. Here we are, patiently waiting for the arrival of Ron and Maddie Mullis in their ERV(self-titled emergency response vehicle) on the I-81 off-ramp.
Carlisle 2018. Lesson learned: replace $2.50 mainshaft circlip on trans. It's not re-usable. Michelle patiently waiting, didn't get pissed at all.
These things happen. First time with this car.
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@Gordon Nichols posted:What really intrigues me, is that someone is sitting around somewhere, writing the software for this stuff.
Gordon, Speeduino has capability of controlling NOS, turbo boost, water/methanol injection, launch control, flat shift, gear detection, and variable valve timing. They even have a CANBUS to a display or another CPU. I believe knock detection is being worked on currently.
But yeah, certainly stuff above my pay grade.
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Danny, I can't say for certain, but I have a hunch you haven't heard the last of that little roadside incident.
These things are like shifting tectonic plates. They can lie dormant for years. On the surface, all seems well.
But, tread lightly and be careful to remember all anniversaries and significant dates.
Often, for want of a mainshaft circlip, all may be lost.
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@DannyP posted:Au contraire, Mitch. Here we are, patiently waiting for the arrival of Ron and Maddie Mullis in their ERV(self-titled emergency response vehicle) on the I-81 off-ramp.
Carlisle 2018. Lesson learned: replace $2.50 mainshaft circlip on trans. It's not re-usable. Michelle patiently waiting, didn't get pissed at all.
These things happen. First time with this car.
@DannyP how much roses 🌹 did you give the wife for that 😎
@Sacto Mitch @calmotion Michelle isn't like that. I mean, all women are sisters, but she doesn't harbor and hold things like some I've known.
This incident never gets mentioned, and it's been 2 years(it was 2019 I checked the date stamp on the photo). She might have been perturbed if we had cars whizzing by a foot away at 70mph, but it didn't happen that way. The trans popped out of gear when I attempted to downshift on the off-ramp. It wouldn't go back in. I shut it down and pulled over.
I randomly buy her flowers just because I feel like it now and again, never to make up for something or apologize.
I'll vouch for Michelle. We all like her more than we like Danny.
@Lane Anderson posted:I'll vouch for Michelle. We all like her more than we like Danny.
😂🍀👍👌
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Danny, you are a lucky man.
My wife actually considers inconveniences caused by the car as 'acts of God' for which I can't be held responsible.
The problem is, she also knows it wasn't God's idea to get the Speedster.
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@Lane Anderson posted:I'll vouch for Michelle. We all like her more than we like Danny.
And I'll quote Cory Drake:
"(Lane), nobody likes you."
@Sacto Mitch in my defense, it took me two tries to get the "wife" right.