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4.0 retrofitted with a distributor?


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If it sprays on the intake stroke it's just a normal injector.... if it sprays on the compression stroke it would flood the engine.... if it sprays on the power stroke it would do god knows what.... if it sprays on the exhaust stroke it's dumping fuel out the tail pipe.

So when is the the batch fire injector spraying that isnt going to be dumping fuel out of the exhaust?

It's not direct injection.
 


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Uhhh I may be dumb but umm wouldn't batch firing the injectors just be dumping raw fuel down the exhaust?

Batch firing plugs... yes. But injectors?

batch firing plugs is the same as injectors


there is still less fuel on most of the valves then with a typical carb setup. flow path pulsing vs atomization is still superior...untill the injectors get janky.... its really rough if you double shot them on high power applications. that is where sefi cleans things up.
 

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i am 48...pretty sure he is 10 years older then me...
Im only 5 years older then you thank ya much.

Not wiser....possibly more distinguished though:sneaky:
 

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i am 48...pretty sure he is 10 years older then me...
Im only 5 years older then you thank ya much.

Not wiser....possibly more distinguished though:sneaky:
So.... Rusty is about to crest the hill, and you're over the hill. Gotcha. And here I thought Rusty was still wet behind the ears......
 

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So.... Rusty is about to crest the hill, and you're over the hill. Gotcha. And here I thought Rusty was still wet behind the ears......
Like toby keith says....

"Im not as good as i once was, but im as good once as i ever was..."
 

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Like toby keith says....

"Im not as good as i once was, but im as good once as i ever was..."
Kinda surprising you like that new fangled country at your age...
 

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Kinda surprising you like that new fangled country at your age...
It didnt get "new fangled" untill luke bryan started pranceing around.

But...like you guys expected most what i listen to is pre 1995 or so lol.
 

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We have a classic country station here now. That’s pretty much all I listen to anymore. I can’t stand the pop country crap.
 

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We have a classic country station here now. That’s pretty much all I listen to anymore. I can’t stand the pop country crap.
We got one too, 94.1 dukefm.

Theres another one i can pick up when im headin south in the semi, cant remember the numbers but its outta ft wayne.
 

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We got one too, 94.1 dukefm.

Theres another one i can pick up when im headin south in the semi, cant remember the numbers but its outta ft wayne.
Ours goes by Willy and has all kind of commercials playing off that name. Play with your Willy. Scratch your Willy. Etc.
 

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I found 103.7 Buckeye Country out of Toledo on our trip, I have been streaming it since we got back.

A lot of old sprinkled with a little new, I really like it.

The local "classic country" station plays the same 15 songs over and over.
 

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I found 103.7 Buckeye Country out of Toledo on our trip, I have been streaming it since we got back.

A lot of old sprinkled with a little new, I really like it.

The local "classic country" station plays the same 15 songs over and over.
That used to be the rooster. Played your normal top 40 country, ill have to check it out.
 

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Well I've found a ranger that needs little work for $500. It has a spare 4.0 on the bed. If I end up buying it, I may go grab a distributor from the pick n pull to see if I can get it to fit, just for scientific research purposes.
If that works out, there's another ranger that I might be able to get for another $500 and I will put the spare 4.0 in that to see if I can get it to work. Then I will sell which ever one i don't like.
 

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Well I've found a ranger that needs little work for $500. It has a spare 4.0 on the bed. If I end up buying it, I may go grab a distributor from the pick n pull to see if I can get it to fit, just for scientific research purposes.
If that works out, there's another ranger that I might be able to get for another $500 and I will put the spare 4.0 in that to see if I can get it to work. Then I will sell which ever one i don't like.
I got an old 2.9 distributor that prolly isnt much good for anything else besides research.

Its yours for shipping cost.
 

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