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Offline darmentle

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Fuel Injection swap
« on: October 07, 2013, 04:48:32 pm »
I was thinking of swapping off the carb to fuel injection . Has anyone done like the fuel injection setup on a Chevy Camaro Iroc Z ? i have heard of people doing it to like a 350 before. I want the Holley fuel injection kit but they are big money.

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Re: Fuel Injection swap
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2013, 08:39:02 pm »
i helped my buddy install his MSD Atomic EFI kit, same thing as Holley and Edelbrock, it was pretty straight forward and made one heck of a difference. took his truck for a spin and it was like it was a whole new truck!
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Re: Fuel Injection swap
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2013, 08:10:26 am »
Yeah i was watching a video on you tube about the holly one that self tunes its self as you drive . Crazy i would love to have that . its called the Holley terminator EFI but pricy.

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Re: Fuel Injection swap
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2013, 09:11:22 am »
Are you totally against putting in a stock TBI system? If not find a complete donor ( wrecked, blowed up etc) and swap the harnesses its not that difficult however its time consuming and if you score a cheap donor a lot cheaper, with parts that are readily accessible at any parts store.
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Re: Fuel Injection swap
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2013, 07:47:13 pm »
I started down the TPI path on my Jimmy but stopped when I found the rusted floors.  I will finish it one day...

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Re: Fuel Injection swap
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2013, 11:08:50 am »
TPI swaps were real popular "back in the day".

Lots of support for the TPI, however many of the components aren't being made new any more, so you may be looking at buying used.
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