Re: [Amc-list] Gasoline stinks!

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

IIRC, Russ in Pa has a Howell he is looking to sell.
Don't know if he ever did yet though!

Don't expect earth shattering gains if you have your carb well dialed in.
The real gain is the adaptation the feedback efi systems have when travelling over hill, over dale.

They stay much closer to the ideal.
After conversion on the American I would never dream of going back, it is night and day easier to live with.
Even after sitting for weeks or months a quick cycle of the key to prime the system and it fires first time every time.

It did that one the first install once I had it all hooked up correctly. 
I've never had a car start so quick after such a project before.

I actually do not look forward to fooling with a carb on the 327 in the Ambassador, but have not figured out a truly lowbuck efi for it. I know since it runs the Delco based dist I can probably get something to work, but don't think I need to add to the complexity of the project. It's been way to long allready.

Stupid physical Therapy keeps me so sore most days I just ignore all the stuff that needs done.
It is getting back where it needs to go, after 4 surgeries in such a small area I have some doubt I will get to 100%. Ithink 80% is possible and compared to what I felt like this time last year, I'll take it.
   I haven't taken anything stronger than Naproxen since February 28.
--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I know you had your reasons for going back to gas, but I think yer nuts....
> > $4.60 a gallon out there?
> > I'd have left it alone and worked out a fueling schedule.
> > Maybe a bigger tank.
> 
> 
> It wasn't that much cheaper, all in all. When I got to stick to buying 
> from big tank farms it was sometimes %25 cheaper. But you use 15% more 
> fuel, so the per-mile fuel savings wasn't spectacular.
> 
> Then on road trips (the target for this car...) I'd end up buying at 
> mom'n'pop stores where it was $3, $4 per gallon LAST YEAR, and only 
> before 5pm, and only if Dad was there to pump it (he's off to the 
> store), and then you gotta wait for them to come from behind the cash 
> register, ...
> 
> When I was self-employed, and my pace of life was much slower, it was 
> less of a problem, or just another part of the trip.
> 
> It's OK though. Though I'm selling off all the LP gear, I'm keeping one 
> of my vehicle tanks, a brand-new never used 32 water capacity "slip" 
> tank, 24 gal LP. Was sized to fit between Gremlin rails. The rest of the 
> stuff is cheap, carbs are less than $100. I'll keep all my 
> documentation. I could do it all again. The tanks are expensive! I paid 
> $600 for this new one in 1998.
> 
> 
> I'm moving my operation up into the 1990's though, I decided, only 
> partly due to fuel costs, that I have to get my act together and switch 
> to TBI fuel injection. First I'll do the Classic wagon with the Howell 
> kit I bougt from Russell, then I want to do a Carter YF replacement. 
> Next chance I get I'm just going to a junkyard and taking home the first 
> GM throttle body I can find off a 1.5 - 2.5 litre motor of suitable bore 
> and have at it.
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