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i am about to purchase a holly tbi system, any one own of these systems, Has any one heared plus or minus's of these systems? Any information is good to know. Thanks
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Travis, Do a search on Classic. I remember reading several posts about the projection. Here is one, I'm short on time to get more but search on projection.
http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showth ... projection

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junk. not worth the money. A good carb is probably better.
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My buddy put one on his dodge. It ran ok. they installed the closed loop kit and did a wideband gauge. Tuned and tuned for hours with fair results. They could get a good tune going and turn the truck off and it was all jacked up again.
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do the rjm and ford injection been proven .
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I tried one back in 1996, I'm sure they've come a long way since then. It had no O2 sensors & was "hand" tuned with dials on the control box. I $h!t canned it and went with a carb. It constantly vapor locked, even in the cold weather, even after only a little driving. I had to wait 30-45 mins for it to restart. Anyways it was a waste of money, I'd look for a Ford 5.0 set up before ever trying the Projection again.

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thanks every one so far for there input, ive had a friends put one on his international and got it done for tanner 4x4 here in springs and hasnt had problem, but again i dont wanna pay for this kit if it junk, i just thought it help with elevation problem
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I had one for a chevy and took alot of tuning to get it too ok results. I say don't do it. It just pisses you off. Yeah they say you can tune to your needs, but its just all out frustration. If you do it I would go with the multi port injection. Your better off just a whole Efi motor. Price wise would be more efficient.
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I had one on my last bronco. It was complete junk. Seeing how you are on here you will probably buy it anyway so good luck to you.
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crawlercreations wrote:I had one on my last bronco. It was complete junk. Seeing how you are on here you will probably buy it anyway so good luck to you.


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agreed its junk! and for the record tanner 4x4 is the biggest hack shop in town, always has been
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Also, seconded for them being junk. Got an EB with one on it and sold it and put real Ford EFI on it. Not much good to say about Tanner either, I wish someone else close was an ORI strut dealer.

For the price of that system, you can bring me the EB and I'll do the EFI conversion for you. My sig has a few of the ones I've done and there are a few board members that have them as well.
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Colorado75bronc wrote:and for the record tanner 4x4 is the biggest hack shop in town, always has been


I had to laugh at this, I don't know of anyone who has had good luck with them in any way shape or form.
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Did you end up going with it Goldenboy. Curious to hear if it worked.
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no i didnt , i am looking for reliabilty i am keeping my bronco for a very long time, i a, just trying to find best options i heared bout it, saw tanner 4x4 did them thought it be cheap way, but again no one i have found period has good work with tanner 4x4 and it still seams bronco hut, with the explorer engine 302 has been cheapest and comes with new engine/stabilty route to take i just hate idea of 6500.00 to do it, but i can see callin other shops thats pretty good
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you can do a 5.0 exporer swap way cheaper than 6,500

I don't know if used is in your equation but low mileage 5.0 are out there........it might just take a bit to find the right one
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6500 included brand new block from ford
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You should have no problem getting Ford FI on a good or rebuilt engine for cheaper than that. I think doing the Ford EFI swap is cheaper than the Holly TBI. What did you ever figure out with your 6-speed?
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