I4 fule injection setup

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  1. Flat black 69.5

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    I d look at a GM throtle body,,,, make an adapter plate to an older 4 cyl manifold that had a 2 barrel carb. Something is bound to come close,,,, I read an article in the hot rod magazine,, they had a maverick 6 cyl, they put a throttle body on it with a 150 hp shot of nitrous,,, complete melt down of the engine,, but they said they had it all hooked up in a day for the swap. What you want to do isnt hard,,, most places are offering an adapter plate for different models. I got an old turbo 4 cyl out of a mustang, tried to put a regular carb and intake on it,, wont run,, but the carb flange looks to be a standard 2 barrel flange.
     
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    go back to that post and in the bottom right hand corner theres a button that says "edit" you can take the link out that way

    the current 2bbl adapter on my car is for the same 2bbl carb that would have been found on any 1970's-80's I4cyl ford. in 1990 they took that same engine and made it FI. so what im thinking is if they kept the intake bolt pattern the same for the FI upgrade alot of that stuff should swap over to my current adapter.

    read the link in my last post, its that same mav your talking about.
     
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    ok the other option is to abapt your i6 is to modify it to put a ford 2 barel then put a tbi off a 80-84 t bird 3.8. it uses standerd flange as the motorcraft v2
     
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    well ive already adapted my I6 to use a H/W5200 2bbl carb which was a stock carb for alot of I4's
     
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    If you are going for the "cool factor" then you really want a multi-port injector. A line to each small runner just in front of the valve. You can use a wrecking yard Jeep inline six system and wire it in to your existing harness. You will need an O2 sensor in the exhaust from the Jeep too but as long as you have the make and model it is off of then you can get the parts. Keep a log book so ten years from now you can remember what parts you put on it. Thing about the jeeps is that they have an in-line 6 that is very close to the 250" that you are running and the after market will support them (Jeeps) forever.
     
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    good idea never thought about jeeps 4.0 bet that would work better
     
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    so that set up would be 6 injectors along the intale log and then a throttle body to let air into the intake? soulds like alot more work but i bet i'd get more out of it tho
     
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    It uses a mass air flow sensor and a computer with all the sensors; TPS, O2, and all the rest. It will be a bit of work but less expensive than an aftermarket EFI unit. You would have to drill and tap the intake at the junction between the intake and head. Then just use the existing tubes and mount parts as required. If you use all the parts off the Jeep from the fuel pump to the injectors you won't have any problems.
     

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