david roe
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I wanted to let anyone who's interested in Robert Paisley's EFii System32 that another one of his System32 electronic ignition and electronic fuel injection systems are in the air. I'm finally back in the air with N90309. I also used his Buss Manager. The installation is per his recommendations with the exception of the mounting of the Buss Manager where I fabricated some ears that I riveted to the housing and was able to mount the box with hardware instead of zip ties.
I only have a little over 4 hours on it and am still making friends with it but so far so great. What few hot starts that I've made seem to confirm his claims of eliminating the hot start issue with fuel injected engines. It idles very very smooth and runs very smooth. I haven't gotten any serious numbers but it appears to making more power and though I haven't had the opportunity to fly in any smooth stable air it looks like I'm a little faster. A rough guess-timation is maybe 1" more MAP gain. That's no real surprise as the old intake opening on my old fuel servo was maybe 2 3/4" (?) and the new intake air opening on the new throttle body is 3" so it's breathing a LOT better.
I think that the system would be easier to install on an initial new build rather than to retro-fit as I did but certainly isn't necessary. I'd recommend it with either scenario.
I wasn't planning on it but I did a MO (major overhaul) at the same time so this took a lot longer than it would have if I was just installing the system. I was down about 1 year 8 months but I don't work as fast I used to and of course life always throws you a curve ball here and there.
I'm happy to answer anyones questions but I don't necessarily check VAF on a regular basis. I'll try to check in periodically and if there's a way (?) feel free to IM or email me. Do I have to include my contact info here? I don't know. Old dog. New tricks.
I only have a little over 4 hours on it and am still making friends with it but so far so great. What few hot starts that I've made seem to confirm his claims of eliminating the hot start issue with fuel injected engines. It idles very very smooth and runs very smooth. I haven't gotten any serious numbers but it appears to making more power and though I haven't had the opportunity to fly in any smooth stable air it looks like I'm a little faster. A rough guess-timation is maybe 1" more MAP gain. That's no real surprise as the old intake opening on my old fuel servo was maybe 2 3/4" (?) and the new intake air opening on the new throttle body is 3" so it's breathing a LOT better.
I think that the system would be easier to install on an initial new build rather than to retro-fit as I did but certainly isn't necessary. I'd recommend it with either scenario.
I wasn't planning on it but I did a MO (major overhaul) at the same time so this took a lot longer than it would have if I was just installing the system. I was down about 1 year 8 months but I don't work as fast I used to and of course life always throws you a curve ball here and there.
I'm happy to answer anyones questions but I don't necessarily check VAF on a regular basis. I'll try to check in periodically and if there's a way (?) feel free to IM or email me. Do I have to include my contact info here? I don't know. Old dog. New tricks.