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CK and his 55Tbird (1/28/2014)
Ok this might hurt some of your feelings!
I am thinking of running an EFI carb, primarily I like that I can keep my original tach. drive load-o-matic, which the ecu will run(locked out). Thermo's controlled by ecu. And there will be no carb to meter fuel thru out the range and climates as well!
F.A.S.T Comp cams or the MSD version $2700
So thoughts people?
You can have slightly better mileage and power output with EFI over good carb on street car but I doubt it.
I had TBI-style EFI myself and most gain was in idle and below 1500 RPM with stock cam.
If you want go cheap and easy then buy carb and modify your tacho. http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/669.cfm
If you want go only easy(maybe) then buy that F.A.S.T or other self tuning EFI.
And if you want go hard and long way, cheap or expensive, then there is more options.
Hyvinkää, FI
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I've got 55 bird, running an Accel computer, and a different throttle body. I've also got two other EFI cars, one with a highly modified computer, and one with an aftermarket race unit.
Since a lot of this is off topic,drop me a pm,if you're interested, and I'll tell you what Ive learned.
miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
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Mike, put it into a new topic and post it publicly. I know I'm curious and I suspect others are as well.
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charliemccraney (1/28/2014)
That's pretty much my plan. I'd have the distributor rebuilt and convert to Duraspark. Even though it will not be controlling the spark, it still has to send a consistent signal and a worn out distributor can't do that. The Durapark trigger will give you more common parts which will be easier to find.Just spoke to Summit racing and they have a TFI dist. for $199 The Holley has boost control and can manage 16 injectors etc.
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CK and his 55Tbird (2/7/2014)
Just spoke to Summit racing and they have a TFI dist. for $199For a Y Block??
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I've bought the "Terminator" pretty happy to say so.Though no as I read more into it the summit dist. is for a windsor. Have to watch sales people sometime.
you were suggesting a Dura spark, Can these be fitted to orig dizzy?
Any suggestions?
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Yes. http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic21100.aspxAnd more can be found by doing a search. Are you going to get the Terminator installed soon?
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I've had it shipped to Ted and he will test it on the "312 mule"
I will run in my engine with the Tea pot and Load-O-Matic, I hope I made the right choice with the Cam.
Ok so "Dual sync" distributors, I know MSD and Mallory make one for the Y Block. Is there a method of converting my (L.O.M.) caucus to such.
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Holley suggested contacting "Performance Distributors" waiting on there reply.
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The easy way to convert a LOM distributor to dual advance is to buy a '57or newer dual advance distributor and swap the entire units out. I don't think there is any easy way to swap the guts of the distributor.
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