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Subject:Re: GW EFM and available updates
From:Dan N
Date:Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:06:18 -0700

Thank you Eric...

Did you get the whole GW Fuel Management system at $3K?

dan

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 8:40 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi list friends,
>
> A few days ago a friend and I completed a Flash update on the GW ECU for
> the engine Management.
>
>         My 85 has several running issues and I wanted to see if this would
> help.
>
> Success!
>
> The software update made an immediate change.
>
> The engine idle was a bit slower but much more regular.
> The increasingly disturbing hesitation from idle disappeared.
> And so far the need to try twice to start has not happened.
> I had already changed out the GW injectors, one of witch failed on the
> outside, and the others were suspect.
> GW sells a different set now but I installed the Mansispeed set.
> The most recent GW install is for the newer injectors and I was advised by
> them to try that one first.
>
> It has only been about 130 miles on the new update but our confidence on
> moving from a stop is vastly increased.
>
> If you have a GW management system I’d recommend making sure you have the
> recent update and if not do the flash update on the ECU.
>
> I’m told it will continue to learn the motor for several hundred miles.
> Here’s is hoping for even more improvement.
>
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto
> GW 2.3  with GW Fuel Management
>
>
>         T
>

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