Ask Bill about carbing a DeLorean and other K-Jet/Carb tangets

[DCUK Martin]

European cars suck.

Very few american cars sell outside of America, but plenty of european cars sell in America. I think you're xenophobic rather than having any real reason to say european cars suck. That and you're sore about the point that Europe is actually a much larger producer and consumer of cars than the US.

BTW K-Jetronic was used in Europe extensively by Ford and I believe Vauxhall/Opel too (GM IOW).

[DCUK Martin]

North American K-Jet teeters on a knife edge of inoperablity. All it takes is one little variable to get out of whack, then the whole system falls down like a house of cards.

That is why the General forum hosts a neverending supply of "my DeLorean won't start" threads, and why owners wonder why their DeLorean suddenly stopped running right when it was working perfectly fine yesterday.

Thanks to you, a lot of people immediately jump to conclusions when "my car won't start" but often it's fuel pump or ignition related - something your carb'd engine has in common.

K-Jet can't go wrong overnight unless there's crap in the system. It's that simple.

The engine will run even if there's trouble with the lambda, cold start and idle systems. THESE ARE NOT PART OF THE INJECTION SYSTEM.

And yes, I'm no fan of the lambda system either and bin it where I can. But if not "teetering on a knife edge" means running rich all the time, I'd prefer to set up engines to run at optimum as designed.

If all 6 injectors are not spraying equally (sometimes not even spraying at all), then there is absolutely no way your car will ever run right.

And your point is.....? you've just said something similar to "the car will never handle right if one of the tyres is flat."

Carburetion may not be perfect, but it does at least have only one centralized point of fuel delivery.

Yeah, it's simpler and worse.

Anyway, I have no desire to engage in yet another K-Jet vs carburetion pissing match.

Oh good, feel free not to reply to this post.

No one can deny that there is a small group of owners who, for whatever reason unique to each, do not want K-Jet. Protestations that "K-Jet can be made to work" and exhortations to "learn to live with it" ring hollow in their ears. They don't want K-Jet -- period. They want a traditional North American carburetor. No one is denying that many owners seem to at least come to peace with K-Jet, and some actually like it, but carb users are not those owners. They are themselves. For a variety of reasons they want a carburetor. Those are the people I work with.

Can you undertake to get involved with other discussions without your soap box then?

[content22207]

K-Jet blows.

Martin is a doo doo head.

Steve is a rocket scientist.

And I've just been contacted by another owner interested in converting to carburetion.

Life goes on.

Bill Robertson
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[sean]

Jim Edwards (Flyinglow) is missing his tank stud. If he ever rematerializes, and if he goes through with his planned carb conversion, he won't need any sort of baffle whatsoever.

I only include baffles for other carb converters because I still need to eat.

Bill Robertson
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So you just drop a line down on the tank with a pick up screen on it?

[content22207]

No, I need to eat -- carb converters get the leftover containers (Farrar apparently needs to eat too -- he provided his own baffle).

Fuel in the bowl has its own buffering effect. If the pump sucks air, the venturis will never know it unless the bowl runs dry. You've got slightly less than a mile at low RPM's before that happens.

Bill Robertson
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[sean]

Fuel in the bowl has its own buffering effect. If the pump sucks air, the venturis will never know it unless the bowl runs dry. You've got slightly less than a mile at low RPM's before that happens.

Bill Robertson
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Still though, no pickup screen?

[content22207]

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[sean]

I suppose that's a filter of some sort?

[Ron]

I like that Bill!

Until I saw you "had to eat", I was going to suggest something similar to one of these fluid conducting swivel joints. (Check out the rotational torque rates p.27)

[content22207]

I like that Bill!

Ron just went down two points on the Suck-O-Meter.

Bill Robertson
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