linear EFI

[Matthew Lamari]

At 11:36 AM 8/22/96 +0000, you wrote:
>> for the wife and kiddies ... etc.  (why won't Ford make one?  Did you
>> know that GM was still putting TBI in their pickups and Suburbans,
>> etc through '95?  Ford started putting port inj. into trucks in '86
>> or so.  Go figure.)
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>Struck me as goofy too - looked into it before I picked up a '90 
>chevy cargo van a few weeks ago.  The unofficial answer I got from 
>someone that should know was that, for whatever reason, TBI was 
>providing a better (more suited to trucks) torque curve.

I think it's that the TBI only really loses with top-end power.  In reality,
it's because it provides a better (suited to trucks) COST curve :)

Same as how the corvette gets aluminium, Camaro gets half aluminium and the
truck gets metal engine at lower compression.  The displacement generally
provides the low-down torque people desire in the trucks, and don't put in
the extra cost for top end power.

Matt


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>Yes - go figure.
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>-mike
>mfahrion at bb-elec.com
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