Greg has peaked my interest so I gotta dig into that a little more. The EzEFI is less expensive so that is a plus. Although for this build I had largely written it off as an option. Didn't figure it would support ~650hp BBC. Not sure yet how aggressive the build will be. Could get fairly radical though
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So recently I've spoken to tech reps for a couple of the popular EFI companies trying to get some guidance. I went into both calls with some preconceived notion that I wanted to go sequential EFI w/DIS. Packaging being one of the driving factors, i.e. distributor clearance maybe, hide the coils so no wires draped over everything, no need for MSD box, etc. More specifically I was wanting to go "coil near plug" instead of a waste fire setup. Maybe use the LSx coils with some aftermarket EFI/ignition controller to accomplish this. Although I had no idea if that was possible. Just not much info out there on this setup. Almost like nobody is building BBC/SBC anymore
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One of the techs I spoke to basically said there isn't any need/reason to go DIS. I also didn't feel the other made a convincing argument either. On paper it seems worthwhile so I was a little perplexed. I'm interested to hear how this next step in your setup works Dennis.
One issue I'm having is what to do with the dampner mounted trigger wheel. I'm running the Frontrunner and I'd prefer not to space out the crank pulley and then everything else. ATI makes a dampner shell with crank trigger magnets installed that would solve the dimension issue. However, the issue there is 1. it is magnetic pickup, 2. lower resolution signal when compared to a 58x/60-2 hall effect setup. ATI said they have and can build a dampner with 60-2 style wheel but that it is a 120day custom order and cost like $800. A "not so sure it is possible", more drastic idea I had was to take a wheel and machine out the inner section to match the outer dimension of the crank pulley. Weld them together and machine it flat. Sort of a pulley/trigger wheel in one.
The other issue is lack of a good solution for providing a cam signal. EFI Connection has a modified OE 7.4l distributor that is popular it seems. Others are just cutting reluctor tabs off of their old MSD distributors making them 1x cam sync signals. Surely there is a more elegant solution to this cam sync. Others tell me no, there just isn't much market and I should just go LS like the rest of the world. I'm putting lipstick on a pig...
MSD used to make this cam sync distributor plug that looked like an awesome solution. Been out of production for few years and I've also been told it wasn't dependable signal and not good over 5500rpm. Otherwise it would be awesome. Very small package, adjustable collar, etc.
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