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Fi Tech Fuel Injection Install 2.0

Kain

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Well I have everything to re-install my fitech. I started this morning about 10:30 and had to take a break.
I changed spark plugs, fuel gauge sending unit with pump.(sending unit was bad anyway)
Here in a few min i will go and finish my install. will post pics later, and proggress.
 
I don't think I've seen a picture of your air intake before. Does that go over to the inner fender?
 
mrk5
Diff angle , went to exhaust shop had a piece o 3” pipe bent to connect to the snorkel.
The expandable plastic under load was collapsing

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Took the Blazer for an hour and a half drive today and this thing is running way better than the 750 holly.
put 100 miles on it since the trans rebuild. I forgot how much better the fi tech does than a carb.
 
I did my FiTech the same way as Kain. I did an 87 sending unit into an 87 31-gal tank...as they have a built in baffle...and fitted an Aeromotive 11569. Ran dedicated fresh wiring through a sealed grommet out of the sending unit bulkhead. I am running the 400HP setup so my pressures run 41 at startup/idle...but system seems to work good. Still have body-work and interior to do prior to getting it back on the road, but the few test drives I've done show vast improvement over the 80555c Holley I was running. Needed to follow suggestions on the FiTech tuning forum page (hook the RPM pickup to the dedicated RPM wire out of the MSD billet HEI, and then running the actual tach off the 'Tach' connector in the cap and shielded the RPM wire from the base of the distributor all the way to the FiTech base, as these systems are prone to RF/EM interference). But, starts well and runs well.
 
Yup. That's a good call, and I did both. I actually work on guitars so use foil shielding on cables and electronics recesses regularly...so applied that (and some knit shielding) to the cable. I did apply those chokes to the main power, Keyed Hot, RPM, and Fuel Pump wires...just for insurance. I also hacked up the harness to get rid of those cheap in-line fuses, as I had engineered a separate fuse/relay box assembly (from a 2002 Monte Carlo) and integrated that into a weather-tight box in the engine compartment for my K5. Runs my fuses/relays for the electric fans, light bar, and now the fuses for constant and keyed hot to the EFI system (fuel pump relay is attached to the painless wiring fuse block, and has a dedicated fuel pump fuse already...as well). So, in the process of tossing the inline fuses, I added those ferrite chokes to the cables. Just made sense, and good insurance for a few bucks! :-)

I also have the black wire setup for AC RPM bump, but I need to figure out how to construct the AC system so I can get that up/running. I know I need a POA valve in there somewhere, just not exactly sure where/how it goes together. When I got the truck, it was all stripped out...so I'm building from scratch. But, the system will offset that AC RPM pull...all good stuff! I've been pleasantly happy with the EFI thus far, as I'm notoriously picky and hard to please.
 
some get lucky, some dont. from some people that really know there stuff its hit or miss with it
alot more dont than the ones that do. i had it with an msd box did all i could to make it stop
pulled the box it quit
 

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