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From driving Roger Sharp's 410-inch Cleveland with a modified Quella EFI, Bob Woodhouse's racer w/the same unit plus Kirby Schrader's Texas open-tracker, some general impressions-
1)- bring at least $6000 to the party for the EFI part, & be a darn good mechanic & welder.
2)- be proficient with a PC laptop computer for on-road tuning, which it will need.
3)- you will modify or fabricate some part of the system, either electronic or mechanical.
4)- an hour or so of dyno time will be required to initially tune the EFI to YOUR engine & driving style, plus a yearly dyno- update after that, as things wear in.
5)- the EFI will allow a virtual NASCAR engine to be driven on the street like stock, with no problems. Mileage will be more-or-less tolerable up to maybe 600 horespower.It would be an utter waste to apply such a thing to a mostly-stock engine. I recommend wide wheels, the best tires money can buy and big brakes to go with the capabilties of a proper engine for EFI. By the time you're done, your "injection" will run about $15,000. Improved gas mileage will be recouped in maybe 60 years....