749 conversion

[Bruce Plecan]

So neat to hear of them when their up and working!!.
Bruce


----- Original Message -----
From: <chetwagner at uswest.net>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 7:13 PM
Subject: 749 conversion


> Well, I have finally finished the conversion I have been working on
> for about a year.  I have taken a 730, not a 749, with the syty code
> and converted it to work on a 79 Dodge Omni with the 1.7 litre
> engine.  Nice thing about this engine is that most, if not all of the
> parts, are interchangeable with VW's.  Even the cylinder head bolts
> right into place, no mods.  The only part that I had to make was the
> adapter plate to mount the TB from an 88 Sunbird turbo to the VW
> intake manifold(the same one from the cis engines).  To make a
> long story short, I set the computer to 1 bar, tweaked the injector
> constant to match the injectors (trial and error), messed up the VE
> tables beyond recognition, and went for a drive.  Let me just say
> this:  Oh Happy Days, it actually runs, and good at that.  If anyone
> has any questions, let me see if I can answer them.
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