EL BORRACHO - 71 Jimmy

[Doug Krebs]

Doug, is ron's suburban still at your property?

No, he scraped everything. What do you need?

[jerryg79]

Ed, keep the BS out. You'e not even busting balls over things that are halfway relevant.

[jerryg79]

No, he scraped everything. What do you need?

I wanted the TBI stuff. I think this has been discussed before, will a 4.3 tbi setup work on a v8, with change of injectors/computer?

[Fredo]

yes, you will have to change the injectors and chip, then find a v8 distributor.

[CRaSHnBuRN]

I wanted the TBI stuff. I think this has been discussed before, will a 4.3 tbi setup work on a v8, with change of injectors/computer?

was there a useable 4.3 attached to that fuel injection?

[Doug Krebs]

I wanted the TBI stuff. I think this has been discussed before, will a 4.3 tbi setup work on a v8, with change of injectors/computer?

You can borrow that crap from the 4.3 in my garage if you want. It's not like it's going to be used anytime soon.

[Fredo]

I wanted the TBI stuff. I think this has been discussed before, will a 4.3 tbi setup work on a v8, with change of injectors/computer?

I had forgotten this thing had a TPI unit sitting on it. Why wouldn't you just get that running? You're going to go through just as much wiring and plumbing work as you would with TBI, and with TPI, you'd end up with an injection system that makes a ****-ton of torque compared to TBI.

[Fredo]

was there a useable 4.3 attached to that fuel injection?

you do realize this is a 5000lb full size blazer we are talking about right?

[agjohn02]

why are you so scared of TPI?

[french accent]scaredy cat scaredy cat[/french accent]


edit- i meant TPI and that was directed at jerry.

[Fredo]

I'm not scared of TBI. If you remember, that's what's been on my scout for about 5 years now. It works good. I'm just saying that instead of trying to source additional parts, he could spend the time and effort on the TPI for the same amount of plumbing and wiring work and not only use something he already has, but end up with a more powerful, responsive engine to boot.

[agjohn02]

im siding with you fred. post edited.

[jerryg79]

my thoughts are, i'll fiddle with the current tpi for a little bit, but I dont even know if anything i have is good. the guy "got it to fire once" who the fork knows what he did.

[Fredo]

Well, the only thing that could really be wrong with it is dead sensors, or a bad harness. Turns out I'm sure has multiple spares of these parts sitting in a corner of his apartment in College station. I he doesn't, I do. Even if the injectors are bad, I've got a set of 24#'s from an LT1 sitting on my desk at home that I'll give you. Just get a case of beer, and a bottle of Jim, and invite me and flem down for a weekend.

[robertf03]

I bet vats wasn't disabled and it fired with a shot of carb cleaner

easy fix, get me the computer out of it when you get a chance and I'll fix it.

[CRaSHnBuRN]

you do realize this is a 5000lb full size blazer we are talking about right?

He mentioned a 4.3 TBI, so I was curious if there was an engine with it. I'd like to swap in a V6 or V8 at some point