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Date:         Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:09:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
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From:         Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: What does EMPI stand for?
Comments: To: marcus <marcus46@freewwweb.com>
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Way back when, when I had my '64 bus, I got an EMPI exhaust. 'Course my then-girlfriend, now-wife, always called it an EMPTY exhaust.

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, marcus wrote:

> I thought it meant (Empty minds produce illiteracy > > Sudhir Desai wrote: > > > > Does someone here knows what EMPI stands for? I've looked all over, but > > > no dice. I'm assuming it's an acronym, if not what does it mean? For > > > those who have no idea what I'm talking about Empi made performace parts > > > for aircooled VWs. TIA > > > > maybe it just is Empi, maybe someone's name, maybe stands for > > Electronic Multi-Point Injection, or > > Engineering Miracles for Pustulous Imports > > > > my $.02 worth > > > > Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6 > > cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu 1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4 > > sudhir_desai@geocities.com 1997 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 liter I-6 > > > > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1889 >

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