DIY_EFI Digest Saturday, December 11 1999 Volume 04 : Number 690 In this issue: Re: how does tbi work See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the DIY_EFI or DIY_EFI-Digest mailing lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 13:55:21 -0400 From: Bill Shaw Subject: Re: how does tbi work Hi Larry, I'm in the process of converting my '78 to EFI, you might want to take a look at my page at http://www.connix.com/~bshaw/fiatefi.html to see how I've gone about it. What you're proposing is possible, but it'd be much easier to do using Fiat parts. There's also some real good general efi info at http://hometown.aol.com/dvandrews/ems.htm, and much info in the list DIY_EFI archives. Hope that helps, Bill BTW, please check your settings and turn the HTML off! Larry Carter wrote: > > I presently own a 79 fiat spider that I would like to convert to tbi = > (from an 85 4 cylinder chevy cavalier). i have a 1.8 liter engine in the = > fiat, the chevy is a 2 liter engine. does this year tbi operate in open = > and closed loop mode. what sensors would i have to include, which could = > i ignore. i understand that the chevy injector works mainly off the = > distributor to know when to supply fuel, using the throttle position, = > engine temp and maf sensor to determine how much fuel to inject. am i = > out of my mind or is this a (with some work) doable project. > > enjoy this forum, even if i need a ladder for some of the discussions, = > as they are over top of my head. > > larry c. > > ------------------------------ End of DIY_EFI Digest V4 #690 ***************************** To subscribe to DIY_EFI-Digest, send the command: subscribe diy_efi-digest in the body of a message to "Majordomo@xxx. A non-digest (direct mail) version of this list is also available; to subscribe to that instead, replace "diy_efi-digest" in the command above with "diy_efi".