Holley projection

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Xcaliber05

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Has anyone used holley projection and is there any advice you can give? I just bought the 670cfm kit to run on my 67 dart it has a 360 with a torker 340 intake and manual trans. The cam is mild I think 484 lift and 230/224 duration I went with fuel injection because I plan on auto-crossing the car.
 
Have run a "2 injector" one on my 65 Newport w/ 383 since 1997. Originally the earlier "round top" injectors and "analog" box, w/ O2 box add-on. It seemed to work OK, but no noticeable mileage improvement over the 2 bbl carb.

I later switched to the small 2Di box, harness, and flat-top injectors. I had that system tagged for my Dart, but had to get to work and the other harness failed when a pin pulled out of the connector at the ECU (shoddy crimp design). It has always run funny w/ the 2Di box, requiring constant tweaking of knobs from cold mornings to hot afternoons. If the box gets any sun, it gets real hot and starts missing. Once, on the freeway, the engine slowed way down, and the muffler blew open, then it ran fine (but noisy). I suspect it flooded the exhaust with fuel. I welded the seam back and it did the same thing a week later, at exactly the same spot where there was road construction. I suspected there was a radio transmitter there that messed up the 2Di box. I trust the big "analog" box more, but it is real clumsy how Holley adds the O2 sensor. Indeed, their whole wiring harness big and cumbersome in my opinion. The original "by MSD" ECU design looks more rugged to me.
 
My big gripe with the Projection is price
I definitely wouldn't buy new at list price. Summit still shows the original Pro-jection for ~$1000, but why buy an old design. I got the used 2Di set for $180 on ebay. Piecemeal (always need spares), I got an analog ECU box for $15, just missed a throttle body for $20, got a bag of sensors (TPS, coolant) for $15. You could piece together a system for <$50, but would need to make your own harness, which isn't too bad since I don't like their bulky harness anyway.

For more money and less hassle, I got a used Commander 950 setup for $600 that is much better and gives spark control. Any of these can handle MPFI mode if you don't mind batch fire (see megasquirt).

Tuner parts (Holley, MSD, Accel, ...) often don't compare well in the cost/quality ratio, so I wouldn't dissuade anyone from using a proven factory solution like GM TBI or Ford. But there are deals on used tuner systems.
 

Thanks for the info its really helpful. All I know is that I dont want to run a carb anymore. I got the pro-jection cheep so even if i have to mess with it a little I will not be too disappointed. I have also looked at the megasquart system I like what I habe seen so far.
 
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