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There is a new show on MotorTrend. Roadworthy Rescues. Short overview. The guy is in Tennessee. He finds old cars and trucks that have been sitting for years or decades. He gets them to start and stop and then drives them back to his shop. He then spruces them up with a bare minimum of financial investment. He does some pretty creative stuff to get them ready for someone to take on as a project to go to the next level or just drive them as is. Pretty interesting to see him bring these vehicles back to life. I just watched an episode over the weekend. He revived a 66 Pontiac Tempest. It had an overhead cam straight six that was apparently rare. He added a new intake manifold and converted to fuel injection. He did not go into detail how he did it but the unit he installed looked like a 4 barrel carbruetor. He had a small electronic display he mounted on the dashboard. 67 Pontiac 6 overhead cam fuel injection [ photos.app.goo.gl]
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That is a FiTech unit. Seems pretty large for the application, but I guess if it works for him.
Edit: usually the fitech units say Fitech in big letters on the side. The rails are the wrong shape to be a sniper. I am very confident it is one of the off-the-shelf TBI conversions but I am less sure which one it is.
I like the sound of the show, could be fun.
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what is your thoughts on the conversion? Do you have any experience? Yay or nay? Are they worth it. Without knowing anything about them to me it falls into the same category and converting to electronic ignition. Everyone has their opinion.
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Is this the new VVG? Vice Grip Garage? He is a legend in my book. So calm and collected. Not a care in the world.
1966 C-10 Step Side. 283, 4spd, 3.73 gear. 60K miles prior to restoration. 507 Paint Code. Currently in 10,000 pieces, but it's starting to go back together.
Rear Suspension is done! Wheels are done! Bed bodywork is done! New 383 and TKO 5 speed in place.
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Same guy, I think he went from a Youtube channel to being picked up by MotorTrend, I could be wrong but it is the same.
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He's the same Guy. I think Motor Trend saw some interest in adding him, he does some interesting builds.
[quote=Fibonachu]That is a FiTech unit. Seems pretty large for the application, but I guess if it works for him./quote]
The Pontiac "Sprint" version of the OHC used the same Quadra-Jet that they ran on the 389 V8.
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"Living life in the SLOW lane"
Come, Bleed or Blister something has got to give!!!
'59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
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what is your thoughts on the conversion? Do you have any experience? Yay or nay? Are they worth it. Without knowing anything about them to me it falls into the same category and converting to electronic ignition. Everyone has their opinion. I am going to get some experience as I have one on my 383 going into my 66c10. Seems the general consensus is if you follow the directions they work well. Looks like there were computer issues at first, but they have been ironed out.
1966 C-10 Step Side. 283, 4spd, 3.73 gear. 60K miles prior to restoration. 507 Paint Code. Currently in 10,000 pieces, but it's starting to go back together.
Rear Suspension is done! Wheels are done! Bed bodywork is done! New 383 and TKO 5 speed in place.
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Dave, He moved to Tennessee and then to Motor Trend Channel. He wanted to consolidate his shops he had 2 up north. IN 2 different states and taxes and travel was taking a toll so he wanted to centralize for convenience. Here is the reason. [ youtu.be]
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I never saw him on youtube. I did follow his program on Motor Trend channel. The first episode was difficult to watch with his cutesy names for car parts. I ended up having a grudging respect for his knowledge but still have a though time listening to him talk his cutesy nonsense.
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what is your thoughts on the conversion? Do you have any experience? Yay or nay? Are they worth it. Without knowing anything about them to me it falls into the same category and converting to electronic ignition. Everyone has their opinion. I put an older Holley unit on an L48 years ago and I was happy with it until I LS swapped it. If you look over in the HiPo forum there has been a lot of churn on them. I personally like the conversions because I have an intense, burning hatred of carbs. I will agree with many that a TBI conversion is a half-measure. To really get the full benefit of fuel injection you need to go to an MPFI system. The TBI addresses a lof of the issues that arise when a vehicle sits for a long time between runs. It also gives more flexibility for tuning because there are more knobs to turn. Whether that is a pro or a con is up to you. I am probably going to put one on my 58, if that tells you anything.
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