DIY v available systems

Carter Hendricks carterh at crl.com
Mon Dec 2 14:00:05 GMT 1996


On Sun, 1 Dec 1996 Ashe at argyle.crad.com.au wrote:

> 
> >>I'm wanting to put fuel injection (probably a GM 2.5L TBI unit) on
> >>my 4cyl. 22R toyota motor.
> >
> >        Want the easy way out?  I would just go with a complete setup from a
> >22R-E motor from a Celica... There are enough of them around... 
> >...  No need to worry about interfacing the signals from the GM unit, you
> >can have the (actually rather reliable) toyota unit that will nit perfectly
> >in place with no fabrication.
> 
> Look guys,
> 
> I'm in kinda the same predicament as the originator of this query.  You 
> fellas are way too up in the clouds for me.  Does anyone have any 
> experience with a regular (ie major brands like Haltech, Injec, Motec 
> etc etc) aftermarket programmable efi system and Fiat twincams?
> I'm great with swinging a spanner

Same answer. Pick a L-jet 2.0 Fiat and transfer the stand-alone harness
and mechanicals. Just clicks together and works, alot better than any of the
Fiat carburator intake manifolds. To think that to start from scratch is
"easier" is, well, silly.  [Then, if you want a hobby, you can substitute
controls for the Bosch system].

					--Carter



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