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Old Jul 2, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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Bypass the junk msd box and run it? Have you run an ammeter on the line that the msd box says is bad and verified that its getting too much current?
Old Jul 2, 2008 | 08:09 PM
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Any thoughts.....
Any possible way to bypass the box?
Old Jul 2, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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Insure it for a large amount and it "may" catch on fire...

Carb time, your s burnt out on the EFI stuff you'll never like it.
Old Jul 2, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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Carb time, your s burnt out on the EFI stuff you'll never like it.
YEP

I'm not even bothering with it anymore. I need a cell and a pump....someone is building me a carb now and I have a super vic with a vortec patern. Hopefully summit will let me trade this distributor for a crab cap...If not I will jusy order one. My EFI drag racing days are over. I'm not out to prove anything, don't know what the hell I'm doing...so I need something I can work with.

If you want to buy any of this junk let me know...
Old Jul 3, 2008 | 12:51 AM
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I wish I would've been able to just ditch everything and go carb on my setup, but turbo plus carb isn't real easy to get tuned in for a daily driver, lol.
Old Jul 3, 2008 | 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by mdacton
don't know what the hell I'm doing...so I need something I can work with.
I would have just bypassed the msd box and fired it up if it were me before I took it apart or spent another dime. Seems mostly you just have a bad taste in your mouth about the efi.

BTW your msd box will still be screwed up with a carb fueling it too.

Seems like you've made up your mind though sorry it didnt work out for you.
Old Jul 3, 2008 | 05:37 AM
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Shoot me a price on this stuff, we run a comp eliminator car and are new combination might be DFI.
Old Jul 3, 2008 | 06:55 AM
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Shoot me a price on this stuff, we run a comp eliminator car and are new combination might be DFI.
tom it all listed in the for sale section, if you still got my number give me a call we can work something out
Old Jul 3, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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I can't add any technical knowledge to this thread (since you guys know about 10,000x what I do), but I can say this: Don't underestimate the power of walking away from this for a few days. I make my worst decisions and do my poorest thinking when I'm pissed off & burned out over something like this.
Old Jul 6, 2008 | 06:08 PM
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carb is on, I put it on the intake I had already and blocked off the injector holes

need to run the main line and go get a cell and distributor in the morning.....

I would like to say this....I feel so relieved at this point without having 1,000 wires and harnesses etc. all over the engine. I feel so good right now...don't care if its slow or not. The only carb I could get on short notice was a 4777 650 dp. At least I know now how to make it run
Old Jul 12, 2008 | 07:42 AM
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Well she is right on time now.....

Eric Bradby did a carb for me, its a 750hp he said it will burn cleaner than a bigger one....( whatever that means)

But he tuned it drove it etc. and it sruns good now for sure. Going to run it next weekend. I have a few small things to finish. But I'm happy now.......starts up soon as you hit the button too. Nice and simple. My fuel injection days are long gone.
Old Jul 12, 2008 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by mdacton
Well she is right on time now.....

Eric Bradby did a carb for me, its a 750hp he said it will burn cleaner than a bigger one....( whatever that means)

But he tuned it drove it etc. and it sruns good now for sure. Going to run it next weekend. I have a few small things to finish. But I'm happy now.......starts up soon as you hit the button too. Nice and simple. My fuel injection days are long gone.
As is your need for a technical degree and non stop computer programming trying to get it to run right...smart move. KISS method in full swing at the mdacton camp
Old Jul 12, 2008 | 08:14 AM
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As is your need for a technical degree and non stop computer programming trying to get it to run right...smart move. KISS method in full swing at the mdacton camp
I'm really pissed I didn't listen to begin with.......I just wasted 6 months and about 5 grand. Oh well.....kiiss method from here on out.
Old Jul 12, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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Your next step will be getting away from the LT1 stuff (and the small bore stuff).

Congrats on getting with the program finally, now go out and win back some of that money!!
Old Jul 12, 2008 | 03:30 PM
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Put your vacuum gauge on it, I still think with the 750hp you're going to pull way too much vacuum in the upper rpm with the power you're going to be making. Power starts dropping like a rock with anything over 1.5" hg.



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