There is additional risk for cars in locations with smog checks. Putting carbs on an originally fuel injected car is an automatic inspection failure. -- Mike -------------- Original message from "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>: -------------- > > > > All this talk about going BACKWARDS is quaint. Carbureation is OLD > TECHNOLOGY. If anything we should be experimenting with EFI and full > engine management. As advanced as K Jetronic was in it's time, it was > a continuous system. The future went to pulsed injection so K-Jet is > only a small step above carburaters anyway. Just about all automakers > have gone to full engine management to improve driveability, > reliablity, emmisions, and performance. Aside from the expense of > doing it, it sounds like a winning combination. No more distributer, > more tolerant of blended gas, no problems with extreme hot, cold, > altitude, in short it will run like a modern car! Right now the engine > has 3 black boxes to keep it running (ignition, Lambda, and idle), 4 > if you include voltage regulation. 5 if you have an automatic. All > that could be put into one and all functions integrated and fully > adjustable. It would be a monuemental job but I am sure the right > person could do it! Now THAT would be interesting, not some carburator > bolted onto a manifold! Just think, you could incorporate the cooling > fans (aka Fanzilla or whatever) the door locks, remote entry, the > wiper delay module, the interior lighting delay, and on, and on. That > electronic dashboard now would incorporate all of these signals and > more. With a small plasma display you could have all kinds of > messages. Now we are talking FUTURE!!! > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/