Jacob Ross

Review of Fitech

Terrible.

Terrible.

After waiting approximately 2 months before the order was actually sent, the initial order of a Go EFI 400 (30003) was upgraded to a Go EFI 600 (30002) after countless unreturned emails and phone calls. I had concerns as to the suitability of this system as it was going onto a 245ci straight-six which only puts out about 150 rwhp. I was assured that it would work well (I don't remember who I spoke to as I spoke to someone different every time I called).

From the moment I fired it up I knew it was wrong. The idle fluctuated and, after driving, hung at about 1600rpm; the AFR's were way off and the acceleration was hesitant and generally terrible. It did not get any better no matter how much i drove it. I took it to the mechanic that recommended the system to me and he was able to cure the off-idle flat spot and bring the idle return to about 1400rpm ( which is obviously still far from acceptable as it was programmed to return to 800 rpm and would pull the car along as I was trying to come to a stop. I was very dissatisfied so I took it back to him and had the vehicle in his shop for 3 weeks while he worked on it, free of charge, to no avail. No progress could be made. The idle still hung and the AFR simply would not learn no matter what he did. It would drop all the way down to low 10's and then over-compensate, etc etc. All-round poor performance.

We even went so far as to take another owner's Go EFI 600 system off a 383 V8 (on which it was running perfectly) and put it onto my engine only to have it present exactly the same issues as my system, thus proving that the system itself was not faulty. I do, however, strongly believe that the system was unsuitable from the beginning and the assurance that it would be suitable was misleading.

I have since re-installed a factory BBD carburetor and it has been running perfectly - all at the cost of about 300 AUD, as opposed to the 2200 AUD that I fronted for the Go EFI system which has been nothing but months of trouble. I do not believe I have ever before been so deeply disappointed in a product, topped only by the shocking customer service and complete lack of email responses that went with it.