<VV> OBD, EFI, etc.

[Mark Durham]

Tom, cool. Yes, from all reports it provides a smoother running engine that
has more power and gets better economy. A win-win in all respects.
There are several of us who are working on what could be easy to install EFI
and DIS systems. Ted Brown's looks like the best so far, however, I'm
retaining the carbs and replacing the carb tops with Ray Sedman cad designed
tops and making them pure throttle bodies with two high pressure fuel
injectors per side. Also not a bad conversion. However, I have to mod the
tank and add high pressure fuel and a return line, and bore out the
venturi's in the carbs, probably going to be the hardest part. I've got the
DIS ignition figured out. Will require a drilled harmonic balancer, a VR
sensor with mount, and reprogramming of the ECM from HEI to DIS parameters,
and to turn off the things I don't have on my car, the emissions, egr, etc..


Mark Durham
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Tom Berg <thesuperscribe at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  Back in the '90s, a guy in the San Diego club paid $2,000 to have Turbo
> City up Orange County install an EFI system on the 140 engine in his Late
> coupe. He said he did it mainly to eliminate problems with carb linkage from
> falling apart while he autocrossed. The EFI did this, and cut a second or
> two (as I recall) from his course time.
> --Tom in Ohio
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Mark Durham <62vair at gmail.com>
> *To:* Charles Lee <Chaz at properproper.com>
> *Cc:* virtual vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> *Sent:* Mon, August 16, 2010 3:48:49 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: <VV> OBD, EFI, etc.
>
> Gents, one of the reasons I am in the process of adding EFI to my corvair
> is
> get rid of the fuel smell from those Rochester Carbs, in the garage. I
> don't
> mind the oil smell, etc, but the fuel smell gets to me (and my wife). So,
> when efi is in place, I expect that when the injectors turn off and stop
> the
> fuel, I won't smell it any more in the garage.  Mark Durham
>
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Charles Lee <Chaz at properproper.com>
> wrote:
>
> >  When I walk in my neighborhood, it's usually fairly level so that
> doesn't
> > happen too often, but I wonder what makes that odor ?
> > Something is burning off center at those loads ?
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "PETER INMAN" <monza1965 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "virtual vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 6:26 AM
> > Subject: <VV> OBD, EFI, etc.
> >
> >
> > > Love the smell of older cars compaired to the smell of the newer ones.
> > > Nothing
> > > worse than the stench from a new car blasting by you when climbing a
> > steep
> > > long
> > > hill when they are under full throtle.
> > > Pete Inman
> > >
> > >
> > >
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