quote:Originally posted by Panterror:quote:I own a company called Professional EFI Systems, and my computer is running everything. We do alot of the high horsepower small engine cars with the staged methanol injection and it works great! I have had several single digit drag cars, and agree the car is plenty fast for the street, so I want to enjoy it for a while.
Sounds like you've got it under control. If you have big tires, good compound, and like to come out hard, you might be starting to approach the limits of your ZF. 2nd gear takes a lot punishment but can give up the ghost in dramatic fashion. Occassional input shaft failure as welll on big power cars. The zf is a nice piece but if you break it, it'll get into your pocket a bit. Pantera's don't really hook all that well though, at least by drag car standards. That's why they never run better times than similar power/weight spec'd cars. Like anything else, how you drive it will dictate how well it stays together.quote:I have the ability to monitor knock as well, but haven't figured out quite where I want to put the knock sensors.
Have you had success with knock sensors on high power engines? I'd like to know how reliable you've found them to be.
Still think you should speak with Dave Doddek, Great Lakes Panteras. Think he shelled three or four stock block engines on his turbo car. He broke about everything on his way up the curve. Think first he dropped a valve. Then found the limit for stock rods. Then the block. His website is down at the moment.
Good luck.
Kelly
One of the nice features our system has is that I can ramp power by speed, so it will help control wheel slip alot. I'm really not trying to set the world on fire in drag racing, but I do like to go out with the local car club and have fun with the Ferrari's, and Porsche's and what not. The knock control stuff works very well when setup properly. Our strategy is O.E. like strategy where you can set the knock window for each cylinders firing event, and setup the frequency knock will occur at based upon the bore of the cylinder. The main problem with the clevelands is there isn't an 'ideal' location for the knock sensors. I'll find something that will work good enough though, just need the time to tear into it a bit more.
I'll definately try and get ahold of Dave and get some input. I have enough fuel and turbo on the car to hit 1400, but I don't see the engine or the trans accepting that! Maybe someday when I'm ready to change the engine I'll see what it will take!