Yet another reason I look foreward to autocrossing my 74 in E-mod, as long
as the body looks like a B I can do anything I want.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'74 BGT bastardization with big aluminum heart :)
'63 Buick 215 cubic inch 'heart'
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 16/08/99 9:36:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU writes:
>
> << I have a feeling that they wouldn't like it too much if you were racing on
> FI. >>
>
> Well, it wouldn't necessarily produce any more power than the twin Webers, it
> would just be interesting to play with.
>
> The old Tecalemit Jackson injection was around in the 60s, but was constant
> flow, and you tailored the mixture by grinding the fuel cam on the throttle
> linkage - primitive but serviceable. You needed a different fuel cam for
> each engine set up - change the camshaft, or raise the compression, and you
> needed a new fuel setting.
>
> The modern stuff with O2 sensors do away with all the pain, but you are
> probably right, they wouldn't like to see it in vintage. Of course a fuel
> rail and Bosch injectors would fit very nicely _below_ the Webers, where you
> can't see anything, and you could use the Webers themselves as throttle
> bodies.......
>
> Forget I said that!
>
> Bill
>
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