[Diy_efi] mounting a GM tbi 'horizontal' versus 'vertical'

[Lee M. Lemoine]

i should clarify, this is the TBI with one large injector at the top, not
the type with the 'spiderweb' inside (aka: 4.3 liter)

On 10/5/05, Torbj?rn Forsman <torbjorn.forsman at gengas.nu> wrote:
>
> I have once tried to mount a GM TBI horizontally (or, 15? slanted) in
> place of the Stromberg carb on an old Volvo B20 engine. Absolutely no
> idle problems. The only difficulties were adaption of the TBI to the
> different size of the engine.
>
> /Torbj?rn Forsman
>
> Lee M. Lemoine wrote:
> > I'd imagine idle will be a little rougher, as most of the time on TBI
> > vehicles at idle you can basically see the droplets of water drip onto
> > the throttle plate.. (least i could on my dodge aries!)
> >
> > Why not make an elbow and mount the TB in the vertical position, so that
> > you don't have to be concerned with fuel dripping out of the intake
> > plenum... I'm not sure, but from what i remember of my dodge, there
> > was quite a bit of fuel spatter with the air intake assembly off... not
> > sure the vaccum through the idle control passage will be enough to
> > contain all that.
> >
> > --LL
> >
> > On 9/29/05, *Dan Sawyer* <dansawyer at earthlink.net
> > <mailto:dansawyer at earthlink.net>> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I would like to mount a GM tbi on an MGB. The intake manifold is
> > horizontal instead of vertical. Is it possible to mount a GM tbi rotated
> > 90 degrees? What are the impacts of doing so?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
> >
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> > Lee M. Lemoine
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Sincerely,

Lee M. Lemoine
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