john hennessy wrote:
why would you want to junk all that fuel injection and engine management for a very expensive carb setup and have to fabricate an intake manifold plus modern engines don't have anywhere to fit a distributor and if they do have that facility they won't have any advance and retard weights or a vacuum can.
the engine management system doesn't know its now in a different car and if you buy a donor car you have all the parts and wiring.
i ran my duratec on the stock computer for 5 years and even though i now have a blower it still uses the original computer.
you will be surprized how easy it is to keep the original engine management.
when i built my car, i was so confident that it would run that i never had an operating key until it had passed state inspection and was registered then i took it to a locksmith and had a key made and programmed in, turned the key and it ran and idled.
my friend just finished a 55 dodge pickup with a 2000 durango chassis and drive train, all the factory pieces were in the donor, he just transplanted them into the 55, it started on the first revolution, not after a couple of goes, instantly.!
'Cause I am not a fan of electronics over tradition.
Have read several threads on the frustration of figuring out what wires to delete.
No dizzy ignition is not that hard or expensive, been around a long time.
Will have it on my Weber carb Alfa, but will also have Webers.
Also the EFI setup's are BULKY, and now also made of (EEW!) plastic!
Cannot see all that electronics being simpler than a set of Webers, which are not really that expensive, particularly compared to some of the ECU's and supporting sensors.
If I did it the ECU and FI would go to the trash, maybe I'm the only one that sees it that way but that
is who I am.
Now, what is the VR6 redline?