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Date:         Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:37:44 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: ATTN: 80-83 Owners
Comments: To: Vanagon man <vgonman@MSN.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <BAY4-DAV72AmX3qrB0X00004ff4@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Vanagon man wrote:

> It also sounds as if those other busses you have had or driven were not > tuned right........no stock motor with carbs will run better than one with > FI............FI is no hassle at all if you know what you are doing, and not > guessing.

I had a '75 bus with FI for a while. Eventually the ECU quit and I put a carb on it. It ran a little smoother with the FI, but it got slightly better gas milage with the carb. I took this as evidence that my FI had never really been properly tuned.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si


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