Re: [Amc-list] Gasoline stinks!

[Glen Hoag <hoag@xxxxxx>]

Why bother trying to reverse-engineer any OEM ECU when the MegaSquirt 
ECU makes it easy to control nearly any TBI or multiport hardware 
from a standard laptop.  It makes some sense to use the original if 
you are transplanting the entire engine over from a donor car, but 
for a retrofit, any of the aftermarket systems would work better.

If you ditch the original controller, it doesn't matter whose 
hardware you use, if it is sized appropriately.  If the Ford TBI unit 
bolts up easier, so much the better.  Next time I get down to the 
Pull-A-Part, I'll have a look.

--Glen
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At 12:15 PM 6/16/2008, you wrote:
>Just remember if asking about the Ford that they called it "CFI" 
>(Central Fuel Injection) instead of TBI. The GM computers are pretty 
>much worked out, that's the main reason for using a GM. If a custom 
>chip is needed for fine tuning it's not a problem at all. I'd 
>recommend trying the Renault system from a 1.4/1.7 Alliance, but 
>they use a crankshaft position sensor like the Jeep Renix system -- 
>notched flywheel also acts as an engine speed sensor. Would be tough 
>to duplicate!
>
>------------
>Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:18:43 -0400 (EDT)
>From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
>
>" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
>"
>" 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.
>
>does it have to be gm?  i've heard that holley actually made most of
>the systems, and supposedly there's a 4-cyl ford tbi with the same
>flange as the yf.
>
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