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Title: FIE Tech Reference Library
Post by: Spud Miller on February 04, 2019, 01:40:48 PM

 I've been meaning to do this for years. It took way too long, but it's finally ready to unveil!

 http://www.fuelinjectionent.com/library.php (http://www.fuelinjectionent.com/library.php)

 Every FIE instruction sheet, schematic, manual, reference chart, etc. in one spot.

 I'll continue to add to it as new stuff is generated.

 Thanks,
 Spud
Title: Re: FIE Tech Reference Library
Post by: fuel749 on February 04, 2019, 05:10:39 PM
very nice, love all the info on your sight as well as your service
Title: Re: FIE Tech Reference Library
Post by: noslin on February 04, 2019, 07:48:51 PM
your awesome, thank you.
Title: Re: FIE Tech Reference Library
Post by: denverflatheader on February 08, 2019, 01:17:55 PM
Spud - well worth the wait, thanks for making your valuable reference library easily available.  I was particularly impressed with FIE’s new Super Metering Valve and how you incorporated a separate idle circuit with simplified needle valve control; beneficial phenomenal idea.  Alan
Title: Re: FIE Tech Reference Library
Post by: Spud Miller on February 08, 2019, 01:43:44 PM
Quote from: denverflatheader on February 08, 2019, 01:17:55 PM
Spud - well worth the wait, thanks for making your valuable reference library easily available.  I was particularly impressed with FIE’s new Super Metering Valve and how you incorporated a separate idle circuit with simplified needle valve control; beneficial phenomenal idea.  Alan

 Thank you!

 I designed that metering valve because it's what I wanted for my car. I built a dozen of them 10 years ago, but I've never advertised them. It felt like it was going to be a support nightmare. There are an amazing number of features built in...extremely versatile. I tried to make something that would appeal to everyone, but it kinda backfired...there are so many options, it's a bit intimidating. And they're expensive. And they're overkill for the vast majority of people.

 But dang it, I got mine and I love it! ;)

 Spud
Title: Re: FIE Tech Reference Library
Post by: fuel749 on February 08, 2019, 06:02:24 PM
Spud, I gotta know.....how expensive is expensive?
Title: Re: FIE Tech Reference Library
Post by: Spud Miller on February 09, 2019, 12:19:27 PM
Quote from: fuel749 on February 08, 2019, 06:02:24 PM
Spud, I gotta know.....how expensive is expensive?

$900 10 years ago ;) I guess that isn't a lot compared to an $1,100+ JT Stewart valve or an Automann valve.

I was going to whittle away (surfacing with a ball end mill) all the extra exterior material so that it wasn't so "blocky" looking. That added a bunch of machine time on each side and the price would have been a couple of hundred bucks more each. So, I kept the first batch plain jane. Another pricing factor of course, is that a small batch of anything ends up expensive.

 Spud