Delays in Pinz EFI development and production
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 10:20 am
But they won't be severe...
We have had an incredibly warm Winter here. Its generally much colder in my area. Thus far we have only been able to set 5 of the 25 cold start values that I needed to complete that portion of the MAP for the systems. We also still have to do the cold higher elevation testing in cold temperatures to finish up the testing and the weather is not helping with that either..
Another issue that I am working hard to overcome is with the fabricator of the intake plenums. He has been a member of our network for 3 years but recently accepted a job with Penske to work in the IRL and ALMS series cars, so he is closing up shop to go make some real money. This isn't that big of a deal, sibnce the prototypes were done and already designed in solid works, we just have to find another fabricator that can do as good of a job as we expect. I recently changed the plenum in an effort to make the kit simpler by keeping intake manifold mods out of the kit install, this also created some tuning issues that are taking time to work out.
Since June I have been working toward a late February release date for the kits, but its very clear that this is not going to happen. After over a solid year of my "Extra" time being taken up by this development I want it to be over as much as all of you nwant to have the kits installed!!
BUT I refuse to cut corners or half ass anything to meet a deadline..
Late Spring 2007 is now the new goal, we may be finished before this IF the weather works with us, January should be our coldest month. I do have a test system in the hands of a customer in Utah so between the two of us hopefully we can get the cold start and higher elevation MAPS completed ahead of schedule...
There is the update..
BTW- My Pinz is now averaging 18 MPG with 20 MPG peak if I keep it below 100 Km/H
We have had an incredibly warm Winter here. Its generally much colder in my area. Thus far we have only been able to set 5 of the 25 cold start values that I needed to complete that portion of the MAP for the systems. We also still have to do the cold higher elevation testing in cold temperatures to finish up the testing and the weather is not helping with that either..
Another issue that I am working hard to overcome is with the fabricator of the intake plenums. He has been a member of our network for 3 years but recently accepted a job with Penske to work in the IRL and ALMS series cars, so he is closing up shop to go make some real money. This isn't that big of a deal, sibnce the prototypes were done and already designed in solid works, we just have to find another fabricator that can do as good of a job as we expect. I recently changed the plenum in an effort to make the kit simpler by keeping intake manifold mods out of the kit install, this also created some tuning issues that are taking time to work out.
Since June I have been working toward a late February release date for the kits, but its very clear that this is not going to happen. After over a solid year of my "Extra" time being taken up by this development I want it to be over as much as all of you nwant to have the kits installed!!
BUT I refuse to cut corners or half ass anything to meet a deadline..
Late Spring 2007 is now the new goal, we may be finished before this IF the weather works with us, January should be our coldest month. I do have a test system in the hands of a customer in Utah so between the two of us hopefully we can get the cold start and higher elevation MAPS completed ahead of schedule...
There is the update..
BTW- My Pinz is now averaging 18 MPG with 20 MPG peak if I keep it below 100 Km/H
for the next 4-5 days at least. was -40 at work when i left two days ago and windchill -64 to -81.