I first started thinking about converting my '77 GTV to EFI about 10 years ago.
It was originally bought as a parts car to keep my other GTV on the road, but somehow ended up as a track car
Back then, I looked at the 808 as a possible candidate that fitted my non-existent budget, but no RT and the lack of a thoroughly documented bin turned me off the idea. I started collecting bits and pieces of hardware with the idea of one day buying an aftermarket ECU.
First was the manifold - I was offered an efi manifold off a Bosch spider about 5 years ago, so grabbed it and stuck it in the shed...
A year or two ago I was offered the use of an old Haltec F9 for the project, so I got stuck in and ripped the head off the engine, made the necessary mods to the inlet ports and put it all back together.
Then for one reason or another, the F9 never eventuated, so the car has sat motionless since then.
Then, a week or two ago while googling for something or other efi related, I stumbled upon this forum and saw how far the humble 808 has come in the last few years!
I spent a few days reading as many threads as I could to get an understanding of what I'd need to go the Delco route, then started drawing up an NVRAM board from the various information I could find - which was interesting, considering I'd never actually seen a Delco ECU or memcal in the flesh
I found the schematic for the '165 which I understand to be the same as the 808 but with the SXR chip (does that make it identical to the 082?) and based my PCB on that.
I spent a week looking for a cheap 808 online, and ended up getting an 082 with a BLCD memcal for $25
So, I've got a bunch of questions I'll be asking soon - but thought I'd say hi first, and share a couple of pics of what I'm starting with before hitting you all up for answers
Here's the Bosch spider manifold installed
And here's a few of the parts I've collected over the years, in preparation for the eventual conversion:
Next step is to pay a visit to my local wrecker and see if I can get my hands on a loom. I'm hoping they've got an old JE camira I can pillage, otherwise I'll have to cut down a VN loom to the bare necessities.
I still have to sort out injectors, the OEM ones are low impedance hose tail units.
I'd prefer to stick with that style if possible, but haven't been able to find anything that uses a high impedance version of them so might have to end up using o-ring injectors instead.
Don't hold your breath for this conversion to be completed, it'll probably take me another year at the rate I'm going
