749 conversion

[Phil Rickard]

<<I once drove it a mile in 4th gear ON THE STARTER to get fuel. >>

LOL! heh, heh, heh, heh......statements like this keep me coming back....funny stuff!
I love to hear of those "not so proud moments in my automotive career" stories. I won't even mention
the time when I forgot to re-install my rear diff. cover on my old truck, after changing the
lube.....and not remembering about it until the gears started singing me a song about two miles down
the road! Needless to say, that old truck is just a melted memory today. Sorry....off topic.....I
wet my pants from laughing so hard! Couldn't resist.

Regards....

Phil Rickard- Engine builder/Tuner, Les Stanford-Pirate Racing Corvette C5R......Formerly with
L.P.E.
vettebuilder at skyenet.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Zug <dzug at delanet.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: 749 conversion


> Congrats!
>
> Do you plan on putting project pictures, descriptions anywhere? Very unique!
> was the omni an inexpensive test car for a project, or was that by choice?
> I'm not cutting down, a 78 dodge omni was my first car.  Push-down (Z plane)
> the 4 speed and over-up for reverse. Buzzed like a porsche!  > goo-filled electronics box called
"CCC" I think. I was 17 and walked into
> the dealer to buy one (CCC) and learned that I knew more about it then he
> did (sound familiar?)  my FIRST Engine controller!! Theres a guy at out
> dragstrip who ran 11 0's in his turbo shelby NOS omni. ..
>
> aah the drive-in...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bruce Plecan <nacelp at bright.net>
> To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:17 PM
> Subject: Re: 749 conversion
>
>
> > 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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