Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

Wow,I feel disillusioned about the fast system,and I don't even own one!

When my son decided he wanted to try fuel injection we both researched the various systems that were on the market. FAST was relatively new to the game but we were reading fantastic reviews about their first system. We weren't sold on it because they seemed to be a new company and we didn't want to end up with a system whose manufacturer might not be around long. They were expensive. When the FAST 2.0 came out and was advertised as capable of handling up to 1200 HP it seemed that they were going to outperform all the other systems out there and provide more than enough power capability if we installed a monster motor some day.

When we saw the episode on Roadkill where Finnigan installed one on his '70 Hemi Superbee we were sold. Everything looked simple and trouble free.

What we ran into is that we'd bought a system that no one knew much about. Almost no information existed online. FAST's tech support was pleasant but it was like talking to a broken record. They always insisted that if we were experiencing problems it had to be with the way we'd hooked it up.

We read and re-read the manual. We checked and re-checked all of our wiring. We tried various ways to re-route the wires as we tried to avoid picking up electrical noise from elsewhere in the car. As time went on we found more people were reporting problems in forums online. We weren't finding solutions. It seemed as though the guys that didn't have problems loved it and there were a few guys that said they had found noise issues that they overcame.

There were a few times that we thought we'd totally debugged the system. We were producing a noticeable increase in power. But every time we'd thought we'd solved problems they'd come back to haunt us a month or two later.

Now they've got a much more complete manual to follow that we found on the JEGS website. At this point it's tempting to take the car to someone with a bigger brain. - But the few shops around that would be likely to figure it out charge big bucks. It'll probably turn out to be something simple to fix. I'm not ready to give up yet.