Retrofitting EFI on an old Buick

Bruce nacelp at bright.net
Tue Jul 10 20:26:00 GMT 2001



Then like others have said check out a late Rover.
Lots easy in general to start with a known and work with that then design
something from scratch




From: "Carr, Chris" <ChrisCarr at fresno.ca.gov>
Subject: RE: Retrofitting EFI on an old Buick
> I'm sorry, I should have been a little more clear as to what I'm working
> with.  It's a V-8.  Others on the list have suggested that a Rover
> distributor might work.
> Chris

> From: Bruce [mailto:nacelp at bright.net]
> Subject: Re: Retrofitting EFI on an old Buick
> Is that a v-8 or v-6?.
> If 8 no problem, just need a FEI type distributor. if a v6 then need to
know
> if it's even fire or odd fire.  Odd Fire your sunk, even fire then just
need
> to scrounge parts.  If v6 manifolds should be available.
> Bruce

> From: "Carr, Chris" <ChrisCarr at fresno.ca.gov>
> Subject: Retrofitting EFI on an old Buick
> > I have a friend who is building a 215 Buick motor for a dune buggy, and
> he'd
> > like to put EFI on it.  I was considering drilling the stock manifold
for
> > injector bungs, using one of those L shaped adaptors to mount the
throttle
> > body and going with a '730 system.  My concern would be the distributor.
> I
> > don't know enough about those motors to know what might work.  I thought
> I'd
> > bring it up to the experience here to see what you all think.
> > Does this sound feasible?
> > Chris


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