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Re: [GMCnet] Injection versus Carbs [message #73914 is a reply to message #73911] Mon, 15 February 2010 13:42 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
emerystora is currently offline  emerystora   United States
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On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Bill Freeman wrote:

>
>
> $2175 for "Affordable" fuel injection, plus a lot of work installing
> all that new stuff? It might run perfectly as installed but from
> reading this forum many seem to require a substantial amount of
> additional tuning. Some fuel injection conversions apparently never
> run right.
>
> $15 for a couple of metering rods and 30 labor minutes to put them
> in sounds a lot better to me. If you re-tune a q-jet for 5000 feet
> I expect it would run good enough from sea level to 10,000.
>
>
> --
> Bill Freeman
> 78 Royale 73 Sequoia
> Colerain, North Carolina
> http://tinyurl.com/yx7nra


I think that you would still be too lean near sea level and too rich
above 7500 feet. Of course, than might be "good enough" for you
depending on how much traveling you do away from 5000 feet.

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Santa Fe, NM


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