Just in case anyone finds this interesting...
We've owned the 1996 Tige for about 5 years and have enjoyed it immensely. I bought it from the original owner with 186 hours on it. Already had samson tower, Ryan trailer, and a real nice custom speed cover. It's been really trouble free (except for the one time I nailed a rock and shoved the prop into the bottom of the boat...). My only gripe is that I seem to need to have the carb rebuilt each spring. Stored inside, winterized with Stabil, etc. It's a pain, and then for no reason mid summer it will idle rough, run rich, start very hard, and burn a lot of fuel. By then we're using it so much I just endure it the rest of the summer. After our first trip of the summer It was running pretty crappy. mechanic confirmed the need for a carb rebuild, but was a month out. I said screw it and converted it to electronic TBI injection. It's was a very easy conversion.
Here's:
1. spend a week online researching. It's a real common conversion, so there's lots of info online.
2. found a guy on CL that had the entire setup already pulled out of 1989 chevy 1500. ECU, harness, TBI, distributor, Coil, sensors. I opted to go with a TBI adapter plate for the intake instead of swapping intakes, since it would be simpler and leave the engine as stock as possible.
3. It took about two evenings to re-work the wiring harness to remove the extra wires, and adjust the lengths. I could do it a lot faster now, but I didn't want any spliced wires so I wanted to make sure I completely understood.
4. Took a full Saturday to remove the carb, install the TBI adapter, swap the distributor, fabricate an ecu mounting plate, run the wires and wrap them. i also had to swap the sensors (left all of the original sensors). Had to run wires to the tank to install an electric fuel pump.
Fired it up and it ran. Overall I've been very happy. It starts up immediately. Idles perfectly and burns about half the fuel it did previously. I was worried it would have less power than the Q-jet I replaced, but It seems like it has a lot more. Probably becuase I couldn't keep the Q-jet in adjustment. My only regret is that I didn't do it 4 years ago.
If anyone wants more of a write up either PM me or let me know and I'll post it. Here's some photos:
IMAG0444.jpgIMAG0473.jpg
We've owned the 1996 Tige for about 5 years and have enjoyed it immensely. I bought it from the original owner with 186 hours on it. Already had samson tower, Ryan trailer, and a real nice custom speed cover. It's been really trouble free (except for the one time I nailed a rock and shoved the prop into the bottom of the boat...). My only gripe is that I seem to need to have the carb rebuilt each spring. Stored inside, winterized with Stabil, etc. It's a pain, and then for no reason mid summer it will idle rough, run rich, start very hard, and burn a lot of fuel. By then we're using it so much I just endure it the rest of the summer. After our first trip of the summer It was running pretty crappy. mechanic confirmed the need for a carb rebuild, but was a month out. I said screw it and converted it to electronic TBI injection. It's was a very easy conversion.
Here's:
1. spend a week online researching. It's a real common conversion, so there's lots of info online.
2. found a guy on CL that had the entire setup already pulled out of 1989 chevy 1500. ECU, harness, TBI, distributor, Coil, sensors. I opted to go with a TBI adapter plate for the intake instead of swapping intakes, since it would be simpler and leave the engine as stock as possible.
3. It took about two evenings to re-work the wiring harness to remove the extra wires, and adjust the lengths. I could do it a lot faster now, but I didn't want any spliced wires so I wanted to make sure I completely understood.
4. Took a full Saturday to remove the carb, install the TBI adapter, swap the distributor, fabricate an ecu mounting plate, run the wires and wrap them. i also had to swap the sensors (left all of the original sensors). Had to run wires to the tank to install an electric fuel pump.
Fired it up and it ran. Overall I've been very happy. It starts up immediately. Idles perfectly and burns about half the fuel it did previously. I was worried it would have less power than the Q-jet I replaced, but It seems like it has a lot more. Probably becuase I couldn't keep the Q-jet in adjustment. My only regret is that I didn't do it 4 years ago.
If anyone wants more of a write up either PM me or let me know and I'll post it. Here's some photos:
IMAG0444.jpgIMAG0473.jpg
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