* wrote:
> Bill <edison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in article
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>>PeterD wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:28:32 -0500, Bill <edison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>>Hi ho-
>>>>
>>>> Got a few older Hilborn/Crower intakes collecting dust and would like
>>>>to convert them to EFI. Trying to avoid welding in the injector bungs
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> as the
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>>>>heat causes distortion, which will likely require the intakes to be
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> remachined
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>>>>in order to straighten them out. However- I'm wondering why you can't
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> machine
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>>>>an intermediate adapter to hold the injectors and bolt in place
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> underneath the
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>>>>ram tubes. I'm sure this will work ok at part and full throttle. My
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> concern is
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>>>>that, at idle with the throttle blades closed, the injectors will be
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> positioned
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>>>>above the blades (instead of below them like most setups) so it might
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> not
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>>>>idle so well. On the other hand, tbi's & carbs work that way,
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> If you look closely at carburetors, you will see that there is a slot -
> part of which is below the throttle plate when it is closed.
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> This slot provides idle and off-idle fuel.
fuel or just air?


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