Re: IML: '81 WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS...

[Matthew Gill <mgill3@xxxxxxx>]

Cool, yeah there's no computer so i actually feel better about that.  
I'll check out the distributer in a few minutes.

Now, what about passing emissions with this beast? Hopefully they  
don't notice anything funny.

On Nov 12, 2006, at 10:28 PM, Dick Benjamin wrote:

> Your car is already pretty much there - it has to have a carburetor  
> type
> intake manifold and a fuel pump on it, so most of the EFI stuff is  
> already
> gone.  I don't know what you have for a distributor, but most  
> likely you
> have an ESA computer controlled distributor now - just pop the  
> distributor
> cap off and see if you have points in the distributor. If you do,  
> it is NOT
> electronic, most likely, otherwise it is electronic to the extent  
> that the
> non-EFI cars were - and that's fine - those were reliable cars,  
> they just
> didn't have all the performance and economy of the EFI cars, as I said
> before.
>
> Dick Benjamin
>
>
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>
> Is there just a way to just remove ALL the electronic engine
> management stuff from the car? Could i just get it all set up,
> running like an earlier Imperial, without any of it? I'm guessing
> since the car is designed for it, that may not be possible, and if it
> was, probably not a good idea, but just thought i'd ask.
>
>
>
>
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