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Thread: So I'm planning to go Carbureted

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    He was using that FOOL Carb-I mind trick!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevedmc View Post
    That picture wasn't even planned. We were chit chatting and Julie (I think) came up to us asking to take a picture. As far a I know, none of us discussed carburetors with Chad that weekend.
    Actually, it was Dave S who said he had to get a picture. And, no, carburetors weren't discussed there. An issue on the way home inspired it.

    Quote Originally Posted by stevedmc View Post
    Provide me with a bottle of Diet Cheerwine and I might just drive up there and do the install free of charge. I plan to start canoeing the Mississippi River again and Wisconsin happens to be on my way to Minnesota.
    First I have to get some wiring issues sorted out at DMCMW and get a manifold. Otherwise, I'll do better than some Cheerwine. There's a few great steakhouses around here.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dangermouse View Post
    It was subliminal.
    No, I repair '70s cars for a living, so it makes more sense to convert the car to my area of familiarity.

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    Wait a second....what happened to 1265, your auto conversion car?
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    No-one is to stone anyone, even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say "carburetor"

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    It is mysterious why anyone would want to replace an antiquated fuel injection system with an even older technology. Update, don't backdate. Megasquirt, or just use the renix or Chrysler EFI from an Eagle premier. My K-jet system works fine, and I don't anticipate anything "serious" going wrong with it that I could not easily fix. If I were going to do an an upgrade to my DeLorean, it would actually be an upgrade, not a downgrade (carb).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dracula View Post
    And, no, carburetors weren't discussed there. An issue on the way home inspired it.
    I don't normally get into this discussion, but If I recall correctlyt I have read quite a few discussions on this board about fuel pump issues with carb cars, and people replacing them relatively often. Keep in mind replacing the entire fuel system does not eliminate the fuel pump.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dangermouse View Post
    Wait a second....what happened to 1265, your auto conversion car?
    Can't wait to hear this nightmare explained.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DMCMW Dave View Post
    I don't normally get into this discussion, but If I recall correctlyt I have read quite a few discussions on this board about fuel pump issues with carb cars, and people replacing them relatively often. Keep in mind replacing the entire fuel system does not eliminate the fuel pump.
    It's been about 3 years, but in an issue of Hot Rod, someone mailed in a question about carbing a Fox body Mustang (80's-early 90's 5.0) on the cheap. In the reply, they mentioned keeping the high volume EFI fuel pump and using a fuel pressure regulator to keep the 8-9lbs of pressure (or whatever is needed) and using the stock return line for the bypassed fuel. Since I can't remember the issue it was in, the brand they suggested slips my mind, but I remember it was something you had to call the manufacturer and order since most regulators are made to regulate high pressures or low but not in the way the one they used was. Seems like using a regulator like that would be the best way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DMCMW Dave View Post
    I don't normally get into this discussion, but If I recall correctlyt I have read quite a few discussions on this board about fuel pump issues with carb cars, and people replacing them relatively often. Keep in mind replacing the entire fuel system does not eliminate the fuel pump.
    My fuel pump issue seemed to have been ground related. I rewired my ground connection to the fuel pump and have logged at least 10,000 miles with zero fuel pump issues since then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeLorean View Post
    It is mysterious why anyone would want to replace an antiquated fuel injection system with an even older technology. Update, don't backdate. Megasquirt, or just use the renix or Chrysler EFI from an Eagle premier.
    Because it's easy, that's why.

    Quote Originally Posted by DeLorean View Post
    My K-jet system works fine, and I don't anticipate anything "serious" going wrong with it that I could not easily fix.
    Good for you? When it suddenly doesn't work fine anymore, let me know how easy the fix is. But then I guess that would be termed "serious." There was something "seriously" wrong with mine.

    Quote Originally Posted by DeLorean View Post
    If I were going to do an an upgrade to my DeLorean, it would actually be an upgrade, not a downgrade (carb).
    There's no bigger downgrade than a rotting Delorean. Lots of them out there, aren't there. They could all be easily upgraded with EFI! Get crackin.' It's easy.

    By the way, how many PRV Eazy-E EFI'd Deloreans are out there (since say, 2009)? Don't include the ones that keep having problems.

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    Forum: Carb

    The purpose of this subforum is to provide technical references for the conversion of the DeLoreans to carburation and for documenting individual project progress. It is not for debating one form of fuel delivery over any other and the thread author reserves the right to audit/edit or have removed, any posts at his discretion. These guidelines are clearly presented in advance and if you do not wish to abide by them, please feel free to refrain from contributing to this subforum.
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