V8 S-10 and '747

Jeffery Flanary jefff at mounet.com
Sat Oct 3 01:53:46 GMT 1998


The F bodies did have TBI V8's.  I don't know when they quit using TBI, but
i think they went into the early 90's, before the redesign.  I have a
friend who has an 88 RS with a TBI 305.  Maybe they stopped in the late
80's.

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> From: Steve Ravet <steve.ravet at arm.com>
> To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: V8 S-10 and '747
> Date: Friday, October 02, 1998 1:45 PM
> 
> Joe Boucher wrote:
> > 
> > Is the 6965 computer used on all the V8 throttle body cars?  Such as
the Caprices,
> > Camaro's, Firebird's?
> 
> I believe the answer is yes, except that F bodies (camaro, firebird)
> never had TBI V8s, unless it was way back in the 80s sometime. 
> Remember, by '91 there weren't many TBI V8s in cars at all.  In fact,
> I'm not sure what car would have had a TBI V8 besides the Caprice.
> 
> By the way, Ludis, I just called a local dealer parts supply, and the
> '91 Caprice w/305 uses the 6965, same as '91 w/350.  You've got those
> marked unknown ('91-'93 5.0 V8 TBI vin "E").  My guess is the 4.3 V6 TBI
> "Z" is also 6965, but I didn't confirm that.
> 
> I bet if you asked Bruce or Shannen or someone else with one of those
> application guides nicely, they'd help you fill in the missing
> applications  :-)
> 
> --steve
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steve Ravet
> steve.ravet at arm.com
> Advanced Risc Machines, Inc.
> www.arm.com



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