jjj

As most of you are aware I converted my CFI EA to MPI about 2 weeks ago. This weekend was the big test as I had a 900km round trip to the coast and back. Well I ended saving about $25 fuel. Getting about 8-9l 100km on the highway sitting on 110km/hr. CFI was about 11-12l 100km. Around town was the greatest improvement with 11l per 100km compared with the CFI which was about 15l 100km. With these results the conversion will pay for itself within a year.

Cheers Luke. (jjj)

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1997 EL Ford Fairmont.

1 Owner vehicle,
78000km's on the clock (12-1-05),
Showroom condition with all the fairmont goodies,
Metallic Silver.

Baxle

I found the same thing on country trips, except I can never get the same distance out of the tank city driving (think a lead foot enjoying the extra kw is the problem).

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Sunday 2nd January 2005 WA E-series cruise

SmokedEB

Yep, MPI should save you fuel, but you would be the first to notice it, most poeple see an increase in consumption after the conversion, simply because the love the new response and power it brings.

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RIP 88' EA Falcon S pack
92 EB Fairmont - Retired POS!

Pudding

I was gonna post a separate thread on this but now this is here...

How can you tell if your EA is CFI or MPFI? I take that MPFI stands for Multi Point Fuel Injection.

My EA is a June '88 model. Which probably means it's a CFI. Hell, it may even be the 3.2 litre donk . Also, can you tell if the MPFI conversion has already been done?

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AUII_Forte

The CFI's have a big black tennis raquet type thing that sits over a throttle body (very similar to a carby) and the MPFI's have an airbox that sits in the engine bay behind the r/h headlight. The MPFI's also usually have "3.9i Multi-Point" badges on the front guards.

Being an 88 GL, I'd say it's fairly safe to assume it's CFI, but there were a few MPFI's so you could be lucky.

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Pudding

Not that lucky. I've got that black tennis racquet sitting in my engine bay. I'll have to really consider doing that real soon. Any idea on cost of converting it?

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SmokedEB

Bout $250-$500 for parts, rest you can do yourself.

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RIP 88' EA Falcon S pack
92 EB Fairmont - Retired POS!

Pudding

Well, I'm not that mechanically minded. So how much for a full install?

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XRated

You would be the bomb if you had a 3.2L!

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AUII_Forte

Pudding, have a look at the front of the head and there should be a 3.2L or 3.9L cast into it. That tells you which engine it is.

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