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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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there isnt anything as reliable as a good FI , carbs are temperamental, with weather changes, elevation and fuel quality more than FI ever was. If you want to know how much, monitor C3. the money you spend converting to carb. could buy a good aftermarket FI.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by oldalaskaman
there isnt anything as reliable as a good FI , carbs are temperamental, with weather changes, elevation and fuel quality more than FI ever was. If you want to know how much, monitor C3. the money you spend converting to carb. could buy a good aftermarket FI.
I cant find a after market FI under $2700.00 Thats a little rich for this poor RT.
Parts for the Carb Conversion are about Worse case $850.00
IF you have a line on cheaper FI system please post me a link
I was looking @ Jegs and Sumitt
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 12:07 PM
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-p...ake-tbody.html
look at this, its posted in C3 as an upgrade, but its set up for a car that already has FI.
there are several others
you can reuse your harness, puter, injectors

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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by oldalaskaman
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-p...ake-tbody.html
look at this, its posted in C3 as an upgrade, but its set up for a car that already has FI.
there are several others
you can reuse your harness, puter, injectors
What about the ECM how would it toe in with my factory one?
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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I would contact the seller, it will plug in and run , but you will need to at minimum , do some tuning, which you will have to do no matter what you do. but that price for those parts is excellent, it hasnt sold in C3 cause I just converted to FI on my C3 before he posted, bout two weeks earlier , and it wouldnt be there.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 01:13 PM
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If the factory injection is already all there just work the bugs out much easier
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 01:19 PM
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amen
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 02:00 PM
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As someone who is satisfied with a carb that used system looks nice. Really can't give you a price on the convertion because they did the whole engine at the same time.
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