1 bbl TBIs for a GM 6 cylinder

Shannen Durphey Shannen at grolen.com
Thu Jan 11 03:03:42 GMT 2001


WEG1192 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Sorry, should have been clearer. I meant inline 6 engines. My thoughts are
.
> that a 4 cyl TBI ECM fires the single injector every ignition pulse rather
> than every other pulse. This would give two injector firings every rev.
> However, with one injector having to supply 6 cylinders, you then have 3
> firings every rev. It may be that a TBI injector cannot fire fast enough to
> do 3 complete open/close cycles per rev. 

Your thinking is definitely flawed.
Inline six cylinder automotive engines were no longer produced when tbi
was released by GM.  
Shannen

Even with a V8, an injector only
> fires twice per rev. 
> My client wants to use a 1 bbl on his Mustang due to
> hood clearance. 
> He feels that a 2 bbl TBI to 1 bbl adapter would cause the
> TBI to hit the hood. To me, it sounds like an adapter is required either way,
> but its his car. I also think a bigger problem is a lack of a Tunercat tdf
> file for a 4 cylinder 1 bbl ECM. JW
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