There's nothing wrong with computerized fuel and ignition systems- - - -Manufacturers have to use them to meet the ridiculously strict CAFE and emissions standards Big Brother imposes on them. They're also getting 10 pounds' worth of power out of a 5-lb. sack by optimizing the output of the engines with computers.

Reverse-engineering these wonderfully efficient engines to eliminate the computer, the high pressure electric fuel pump and port injectors, and the electronic ignition timing might be a Luddite approach to the situation. It would also open up a whole new realm of possibilities about what kind of engines and transmissions that could be available to breathe some modern life into the old iron we love to tinker with.
Jerry

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Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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