no o2???
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From: Toledo, OH
Car: '87 Formula
Engine: 350
Transmission: Auto
It will run totally rich ALL THE TIME, and VERY rich at that, just like 25thrs said, trust me. I can't even imagine what it would do to a FI car, mine was carbed and it ran that way...Got it fixed tho so shouldn't have any more problems with that.
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Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Washington State
Car: '84 Berlinetta
Engine: ZZ4
Transmission: BTOD stage 3
Axle/Gears: 3.23 posi disc
For a non-cc system (edelbrock, holley and the like) you can rip them out, run them over, blend them into your favorite person's breakfast shake and watch them eat it without complication (to your car anyways 
). If you have a computer controlled quadrajet on there, you will run rich if you follow the above procedure, and the check engine light will most likely come on. For a FI car (TBI, MPI, CFI) it is not advisable in the least bit to run without an O2 sensor for any length of time.
The reasoning behind this is the computer in a computer controlled engine (weather it is carb or FI) uses the O2 sensor to determine how rich the engine is running to obtain maximum economy or performance (depending of how far the pedal is pressed to the floor
). Non computer controled systems do not have this added capability or weight, commonly refered to as a computer, so they lack a need for the O2 sensor unless the driver wants an Air/Fuel ratio gauge for him or her self. The carb adjusts to the vaccum of the engine and accordingly dumps the right amount of fuel and air into the intake. The "right" ammount is set by you or your local mechanic by what jets are used and what float levels are used and what.... ect. ect.
Anyhow, you get the point.
Hope this helps,
). If you have a computer controlled quadrajet on there, you will run rich if you follow the above procedure, and the check engine light will most likely come on. For a FI car (TBI, MPI, CFI) it is not advisable in the least bit to run without an O2 sensor for any length of time. The reasoning behind this is the computer in a computer controlled engine (weather it is carb or FI) uses the O2 sensor to determine how rich the engine is running to obtain maximum economy or performance (depending of how far the pedal is pressed to the floor
). Non computer controled systems do not have this added capability or weight, commonly refered to as a computer, so they lack a need for the O2 sensor unless the driver wants an Air/Fuel ratio gauge for him or her self. The carb adjusts to the vaccum of the engine and accordingly dumps the right amount of fuel and air into the intake. The "right" ammount is set by you or your local mechanic by what jets are used and what float levels are used and what.... ect. ect.Anyhow, you get the point.
Hope this helps,
Last edited by Berlinetta00; Apr 24, 2003 at 03:46 PM.