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Old May 23rd, 2011, 04:46 AM   #90
Lowspeed Lowside
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Originally Posted by Racer x View Post
Is that 8 moonths on the EFI system alone ? Or is that. The whole turbocharged 250 ninja?
Having powerful electronic control and monitoring capabilities should give us a definite edge over more competent mechanical engineers with larger budgets. Digital systems are exact and $100 in electronic components go very far. For example, wiring a piezoresistive pressure sensor ($2.50), having a computer convert the resistance to PSI and display the results on a screen should be a lot cheaper and more exact than any mechanical device could possibly dream to be (caveat: the little bastards also react to temperature, so one needs to include a temperature sensor, too). The drawback is that it requires time and brains to figure out how to do right.

In short: keep pantyhose on.
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