Question of tbi to carb swap
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Question of tbi to carb swap
What do i need to do to swap my car from a tbi intake to a carb with a 4 brl carbuerator? Aside from intake gasket, intake, and carbuerator? What all needs to be done?
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How will the ignition timing be controlled? Since the stall saver routine in the fuel program will no longer be effective, will you be adding a dashpot? Will the EVAP system still be used? Will this be an auto-choke carb?
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Re: Question of tbi to carb swap
I posted this to find all of that out. What is a dashpot, what is an evap, and the carb is an electronic choke
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The engine i have is a rebuilt 355 by the way, no emissions stuff on it
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This is what im buying to swap it to carb, Carb is edelbrock 2559 1406 electric choke 600 cfm carb, intake is an edelbrock performer 2101.
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Re: Question of tbi to carb swap
I just need to know what else i will need and what else i need to do to do this right
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Re: Question of tbi to carb swap
Okay so so far i found out that i need a vacuum advanced hei distributor, and a fuel pressure regulator, what else do i need?
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Re: Question of tbi to carb swap
Intake, carb, distributor, return style - low pressure regulator and possibly a higher capacity intank fuel pump if its making decent power.
Personally I prefer to have the evap (Evaporative Emission Control System) hooked up. I hate the smell of gas in the garage. It's the lines and equipment that capture the fuel vapors and route them to the engine to be burned off instead of being vented to the atmosphere. A open system can lead to your fuel tank rotting out early.
Personally I prefer to have the evap (Evaporative Emission Control System) hooked up. I hate the smell of gas in the garage. It's the lines and equipment that capture the fuel vapors and route them to the engine to be burned off instead of being vented to the atmosphere. A open system can lead to your fuel tank rotting out early.
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Re: Question of tbi to carb swap
Personally I prefer to have the evap (Evaporative Emission Control System) hooked up. I hate the smell of gas in the garage. It's the lines and equipment that capture the fuel vapors and route them to the engine to be burned off instead of being vented to the atmosphere. A open system can lead to your fuel tank rotting out early.
Quick Question, where do you plumb this into a qjet setup?
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Re: Question of tbi to carb swap
Intake, carb, vacuum advanced hei distributor, mallory $95 fuel pressure reg., if still using 700r4 you will need a TV cable bracket and adapter kit,
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Re: Question of tbi to carb swap
Okay thanks guys, and it is a t56 no more 700r4
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