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Subject:Re: ATTN: 80-83 Owners
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:37:44 -0400

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