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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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efi to fully mechanical carbed 388

yea im swapping the old 305 tpi to a new 388 stroker in my 86' ta what has to be done for this swap
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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Re: efi to fully mechanical carbed 388

Fuel pump will supply too much pressure. May be able to just put on a pressure regulator, or get a pump made for a carb. New motor needs an old style HEI dist. that can run without a computer. That's all the major stuff I can think of, but there's other minor things like the throttle cable and trans. cable.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 12:27 AM
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Re: efi to fully mechanical carbed 388

this has got to be in the top 10 most asked questions do us all a favor and search. thats what the feature is for...there are also a cpl write ups IIRC ...look around........then when u get stuck as a question....
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 01:25 AM
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Re: efi to fully mechanical carbed 388

But to sum up what you need - 3 port return style regulator, non computer controlled carb, non computer controlled dist such as a vaccum advance. That's it.
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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Re: efi to fully mechanical carbed 388

I just swap a carbed 35 into my cfi 82 camaro so if you have any specific questions pm me and I will see if I can help.
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