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re: '75 B, fuel injection

To: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>
Subject: re: '75 B, fuel injection
From: "Christopher W. Reichle" <Christopher.W.Reichle@students.Miami.EDU>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 13:42:11 -0400 (EDT)
Yeh, but now because of the mass air sensor, you can easily hook up that 
Supercharger!

On Tue, 26 Sep 1995, John M. Trindle wrote:

> British Car
> P.O. Box 9099
> Canoga park, CA 91309
> (818) 710-1234
> 
> The meat of the fuel injection article is in the August 1995 issue, #56.
> 
> Summary: Ford Tiempo throttle body, Bosch L-Jetronic from an '83 Renault 
> Feugo. Throttle body necessary because of siamesed intake ports.  15 psi 
> fuel pump, fuel return line, temperature sensor (cold start system).
> 
> I am a bit disappointed about some of the article...
> 
> He says:
> 
> "There's never any dieseling and meeting emissions requirements is easy".
> 
> A visual inspector would plotz seeing that system instead of a Zenith.  
> My 73 doesn't diesel if I have the mixture and timing anywhere near right.
> 
> "Is there increased power? I think there is some, due to two reasons, but 
> not a significant amount." (The two reasons seem to be more appropriate 
> mixture over the whole range, and a further advanced timing).
> 
> He didn't measure a power increase, so this could be psychological.  He 
> IS getting better throttle response than with a Zenith, I bet.
> 
> He did a whole bunch of work, spent a fair amount of money ($$ not 
> detailed in the article), and ended up with a car only somewhat more 
> civilized and not significantly more powerful than a stock rubber bumper B...
> 
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