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04-25-2006 05:56 PM #1
Has anyone ever tried to install a TBI...
...from a 1980s or '90s GM engine onto an older (read: carbureted) engine? I have a '68 Impala Custom Coupe with a Q-Jet atop a 327, but would like to know if it's possible (and practical) to take a throttle-body injector from a later-model GM and make it work on my block without major modifications to anything but the fuel lines to and from the gas tank.
Any ideas? Has this been done before and it's just that I can't find it? Would love to know how it's done, as it would be better to do this than spend $3K on an aftermarket conversion kit.
Thanks!
Chuck
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