Adding fuel injection is very simple. Get a wrecked car or truck with a simular
engine. TBI would be the easiest to install, all that is a pressurized carb. If
you use something more complicated like L or K Jetronics, a Bosch system found
on
many European vehicles and Jeep products. The Japanese used it, as well. It had
a
Japanese name instead of Bosch, but was identacle to the German system. In my
shop, I had a Volvo (a car built by Satan, those rolling heaps) and the MAF
sensor went out. It was $400 for it. I had a wrecked Toyota pickup in my yard
and
I noticed they looked alike. I pulled the connector and it was the same, so I
tried it. It fired right up. I never did tell her I put a Toyota part on it. She
would have flipped.
New Mexico Jim
CLLLSLS@aol.com wrote:
> "There is an additional element to this whole thing that is also important to
> me.....individuality. Having something unique. I like to think of my truck
> almost like a signature. It is unmistakeably mine......someone sees it go
> by, and they say..."Gordon's truck". So adding technology here and there
> and mixing it in to match my personal taste and definition is all part of
> that......
>
> Gt"
>
> Couldn't have said it better myself! I also like doing things just for the
> challenge. I'll take something on just to see if I can actually do it. I'm
> slowly beginning the building of a turboed/injected GMC 270. Putting a V8 in
> there is just too easy. Turbocharging, fuel injecting, intercooling is a
> challenge.
>
> Nobody should have to explain why they want to do something the way they want
> to. Don't ask "why mix old with new/why not a V8/why not IFS/why leave it
> stock?" Everyone has their own reasons for building their truck the way they
> want it. That's what makes it their truck. If we all built our trucks the way
> other people wanted them, our trucks wouldn't feel like our own.
>
> Personally, I would like to see more discussion on EFI. Some of you have to
> have done this before or have insight in this area. I've looked at EFI
> mailing lists/discussion groups on the net and they're way above my head. I'm
> keeping myself pretty busy digesting the stuff I need to know about turboes,
> but I'm beginning to realize that EFI may be just as involved as the turbo
> aspect of my project. Keep the EFI info flowing!
>
> Dustin
> 50 & 53 GMC 1/2 tons
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