TBI and DYI_EFI list

[Tom Cloud]

>I'd agree that the OEM systems are the way to go with stock engines which
>have a later model counterpart with EFI of some sort i.e. early and late
>small block chevy or ford.  It's fairly sophisticated and reliable stuff.
>
>My problem is I want to TBI something that never had injection and was

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>If any of you have some insight on how exactly to get some of this OEM stuff
>to adapt inexpensively, please share it.  It would seem that the EFI wouldn't
>know if it were installed on a ford, chevy, or packard, but what how do I
>pick out what I need?  What should I look for in my local junkyard?  Then
>finally, after I get all the components, how do I tune it for my application?

aaarrrrrgh .... this is the point I keep coming back to.  You're
either stuck with retrofitting an existing oem app with the stock
unit designed for it, or building your own.  Someone please tell
me it's not so.

MAF systems seem to overcome those problems, but I share your
feeling for the simplicity of the carb look-alike TBI unit.
For one thing, it might help pass some nosey inspector's visual,
since the rest can still look stock.

Has anyone done any fiddling with TBI / MAF combinations?  It'd
be interesting if the MAF could be put in the air cleaner intake
to look almost stock.

Tom Cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>