[Amc-list] Howell TBI on 232ci '63 Classic...

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

It runs! Sort of...

Man the job took 50 hours. Popped the head, valve job etc, 81 or 83 
aluminum intake and matching exhaust, then the Howell kit that I bought 
from Russ. There's crapload of detail! Wiring, plumbing, fuel pump, etc.

It started right up, but it ran super-crazy rich. White smoke, chugging. 
Oh I forgot to tighten the hose clamp on the fuel return line, so for a 
good 5 minutes it dumped excess gas down the driveway... a moment of 
panic and I ran the hose, about all I could do.

That fixed, it ran really badly. Too rich. I unflooded it, then on a 
lark popped the connector off one of the injectors... ran pretty good!

It's definitely in closed-loop, it drives OK with one injector down the 
street and back. With two, it chugs, loads up, the CHECK ENGINE light 
comes on... either injector works, not both.

It's definitely in closed-loop, I can see and hear the pulsewidth change 
when I fiddle one, two injectors, rev it up, etc.

I hope I can figure out how to pick size-smaller injectors. This is a 
232, not a 258...

Anyone foll with TBI systems?
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