You might also want to consider going ahead and putting the GM TBI fuel injection on the 2.5L. You can get one cheap out of a number of 80s GM cars. If I were resurrecting my Spirit again, I would consider doing that. You probably would not have the electronic 2-bbl carb (E2SE Varijet) on your car in Florida. In 1980 that carb was only used in CA I believe. The non electronic 2SE version of the carb is somewhat simpler and may not be so troublesome. Regards, Joe Fulton (on vacation in Missouri) > On Nov 25, 2005, at 6:17 AM, imfatdad@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > Frank, > > > > thanks for the information and advice. The > american is a $60 > > estate sale find, so I do not have really anything > into it, and as > > well, know nothing about the condition of the > motor, hence my > > daydreamimg... A fun project to consider. > > > > > > >