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DIYAutoTune.com's Matt Cramer and Jerry Hoffmann now have a book out on EFI tuning! This book explains how EFI works and covers many aspects of EFI installation and tuning, including:
- Tools for working with electronics
- How to build a good wiring hanress
- Selecting injectors, throttle bodies, fuel pumps, and other EFI system components
- A comparison of various standalone EFI systems currently on the market
- Dyno tuning and other tuning methods
- Piggyback devices
- Chips and stock ECU hacks
- Troubleshooting EFI installations
The angle we tried to come from with our book was to take an approach to EFI systems and tuning from a purely practical angle, leaving out some of the super technical details that may tend to bog some down, and just trying to write about what the reader would need to know to make their project happen. I think we did a good job at that and I hope you do too. We cover all the basics, and then dive into tuning on the track and on the dyno, with very practical 'how to tune' type walkthroughs (fuel and ignition timing) to help the reader understand the process and remove some of the mystery. We also cover some common, and not-so-common, troubleshooting scenarios, and we finish up with a few 'cases studies' of cars we've done installs on, trying to show some of the unique issues one might need to overcome and questions that may need to be answered.
This is not a MegaSquirt specific book but does speak from our experience, and a TON of that is obviously with the MegaSquirt lines of EFI systems. You will recognize many of the tuning software screenshots and other references/images, I'm sure. That said,the MegaManual is HIGHLY recommended for anyone diving into a MegaSquirt project, and highly education for someone diving into ANY EFI project. If you're doing a MegaSquirt and going to read one or the other, start with the MegaManual, it's free and it's good. We think we have some excellent 'further reading' for you here however if you're interested.
We owe a huge thanks to all of the core group of the MegaSquirt project, Bruce, Al, Lance, James, Ken, Phil R, Phil T, Eric. Also to many others that have helped and/or challenged us helping us to build the knowledgebase needed to make this happen. Thanks! |
