[TPR] Houston we have a problem

[Mike Trusty]

No he hasn't asked me anything other than if I had his original program file
which I sent to him last week.  Guess I should have asked what was going on.


1. My first question would be, what changed?
2. Did the system get removed and reinstalled on the motor?
3. It is highly unusual for one "bank" to be leaner than the other.  Both
banks get fuel from the same source.
4. How do you know that one bank is leaner than the other?
5. Didn't you get one of the synchronizer tools that shows air flow in each
stack?
6. Asa may be right about it being something simple.  I once went all the
way to France because "this #$%@ fuel injection will not work" that turned
out to be a dirty fuel filter.
7. Need to know the symptoms.
8. Dennis:  Call me.

Mike Trusty Engineering
15119 Gorgeous View Trail
Little Rock, AR  72210
501-224-9013  Office
501-351-4545  Cell

-----Original Message-----
From: TPR [mailto:tpr-bounces at teampanteraracing.com] On Behalf Of Asa Jay
Laughton via TPR
Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 11:54 PM
To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Subject: Re: [TPR] Houston we have a problem

Dennis,
What are the symptoms of the engine running?  What prompted you to have the
EFI checked?  Does it "feel" bad in some way?

Have you talked with Mike Trusty?  Has he given any idea what might be a
cause of being out of sync?
Dick had it tuned pretty sweet, so it could be something benign like a fuel
filter or FOD in a fuel log leading to one bank.

If all else fails, if Mike can give me a good idea of what to do, we may be
able to do it in Ely.  Though honestly I -don't- want to be compared to the
guy tuning the carbs on his ancient Jaguar a few ago and who (I
think) never even started the race.

We might need a special tool or two.  If so, we have half a snowballs chance
of getting what we need prior to flight.

Don't give up.  We can make this happen.  After all, we can't let Paul run
and not you.  ;)

By the way, did you get Paul a waiver from Rookie school?

Asa  Jay

Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired &  Shelley Marie Spokane, WA
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On 9/8/2016 9:23 PM, DENNIS ANTENUCCI via TPR wrote:
> The performance shop I found here in Fresno whose fuel injection expert
had a personal crisis and has went AWOL for a week and half is still AWOL
and the shop where the Pantera was at waiting for this guy to come back to
work just called me to say they have given up on the guy and fired him...I
quess assuming they can find him. They have 2 other pissed off customers who
have also been waiting a week plus for this loser to show up. Bad news for
all involved....and I thought painters were bad. This beats the cake. Yea
like you say John, "ya just can't trust people".
>
> So tomorrow morning I will call 2-3 other guys recommended to me tonight
who all do IR-EFI Kinsler etc tuning in Sacramento and back down in LA plus
the tuner who did work for MikeT originally who is also in LA.
>
> Either way I figure if Mark can drive all the way from the right coast to
get here I can drive where ever it takes to get the FI tuned. Again issue is
TB's are out of sync and one bank is too rich and the other is lean.
>
> Quess I gotta count my blessings that this is the only time in 9 years I
have even had a FI problem serious enough that I couldn't run the Pantera.
>
> So praying to the TPR gods tonight...
> Road trip either tomorrow after work or Saturday morning or Monday to 
> wherever I need to go to get it done
>
> MD
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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