The "Pig in a Poke" Stroker
ThisGuyUKnow
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- 1986 CJ7 Laredo 4.0,Nv3550,D300 Twin Stick,AMC20 3.31, 31 BFG
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Guy - ooops you caught my original post before I changed it.I made the rooky mistake of not realizing that there were several posts between my last post and where we are today. With the other posts between I felt that mine would be more like "piling on" than helpful. So you see the change in the general direction between the deleted post and the one that 's there now.
I really wasn't sparing with you, I was just thinking about the elevation changes we all live our driving lives in. Right now my 360 has its stock Motocraft 2150 carb. THe 2150 has a mechanical altitude compensating device on it that seems to work rather well. With that being said I will eventuially have a fuel injected intake. My old mind is still out on the real need for port side injection over throttle body injection. From what I understand port side injection is snappier or responds quicker to the throttle, but is that a good thing for 4 wheeling and old Jeep frames. I've been told that a snappy engine is much harder on a frame than an engine that produces power in a steady, more deliberate manner.
One thing for sure is an injected engine is in my future. I like the idea that there's a computer out there constantly sniffing the air currents to find the very best way to handle the enginse fuel intake.
I agree with IO, Keep after your problem. You are right, it is very likely something small. Ask yourself, what is the difference between the days it is running perfectly and the days it craps out. Your answer might lay in the answer somewhere.
Haha well If efi is in your future, then let me blaze the way and figure out this tpi problem. Maybe once I iron it out I can make you one!
Um. I dont know about snappier really being the way I would describe it. It just runs smoother if done right. When I started driving my Fuel injected AMC 258 i6 / 4.2l /40 hybrid on my old CJ (Why the Hell did I sell it!!!!) the difference was night and day. It ran so much smoother and better that for the first few days I kept having little panic attacks as I approached lights or stops signs because I kept thinking that the engine died on me.
If I can figure this TPI out and move on to fine tuning it it should run like a champ. You just can't beat FI in my mind. Maybe if I could build and tune a carb I would think differently but every attempt i have made at that has failed miserably.