1985 Monte Carlo SS known as Barney

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Little update on the EFI project.

I've now had the car running for about 3 months and I've put 525 miles on it including a SCCA Autocross event 2 weeks ago. I've uploaded about 17 or so new tunes to the ECU and I'm fairly certain this last one is close to as good as it is going to get. I'm SUPER happy with the found mid range power that came with it. I just filled the tank and figured 13.06 MPG on a tank that not only included many WOT Highway On Ramp blasts while tuning but also 4 long Autocross runs and very little highway cruising time. On the way to get gas today, I made several 1st gear launches and hard pulls with less than 4 gallons in the tank and still ZERO fuel starve issues. I'm a very happy camper so far, so happy I made the swap to EFI.

Here's a picture of Barney doing Street Car things...



And here are a couple of pulls I made on the way home. Sorry about the shaky cell phone video but it's all I had...



I made some more adjustments to the rear suspension, lowered the ride height and stiffened the sway bar. Hope to get a chance to test some slalom moves out in a parking lot somewhere before our next race Oct 13 but if not, I'll dial it in more then. I think I'm moving the right direction though. I KNOW forward grip is better with this setup than with the 600# rear springs.