Hey gang,
I know its been discussed in the past to no avail, but it seems like Holley's new line of Sniper EFI kits might finally have something that will work with our A4s.
Recently here in Canada, the federal government has passed regulation that requires all pump gas sold, regardless of grade, to include 10 percent ethanol. Yes even shell V Power.
This means our only option is a 3 dollar a liter fuel at the marina, which for now, is allowed to sell ethanol free fuel because of their special marine designation. But the writing is on the wall....
Apart from the cost savings on fuel vs marina cost, if we could run ethanol fuel safely, I could also switch to regular (87 octane fuel), which the low compression engine is happier running on anyways.
This kit from Holley is designed as a direct replacement to the Autolite 1100 carburetor, which appears to have a very similar bore to the Zenith carbs found on our motors.
I've also found a gentlemen online who has successfully run this kit in an updraft configuration on an old gasoline 4 cylinder tractor, which is basically the same configuration as our A4 motors.
1000 bucks is more then I'd want to spend for an experiment, but its definitely something to think about with our ever changing fuel situation and regulations making it harder to run our vintage engines reliably.
The number 1 issue I see for people looking into something like this would be finding a good spot for the O2 that is still well before the mixing elbow!
I know its been discussed in the past to no avail, but it seems like Holley's new line of Sniper EFI kits might finally have something that will work with our A4s.
Recently here in Canada, the federal government has passed regulation that requires all pump gas sold, regardless of grade, to include 10 percent ethanol. Yes even shell V Power.
This means our only option is a 3 dollar a liter fuel at the marina, which for now, is allowed to sell ethanol free fuel because of their special marine designation. But the writing is on the wall....
Apart from the cost savings on fuel vs marina cost, if we could run ethanol fuel safely, I could also switch to regular (87 octane fuel), which the low compression engine is happier running on anyways.
This kit from Holley is designed as a direct replacement to the Autolite 1100 carburetor, which appears to have a very similar bore to the Zenith carbs found on our motors.
I've also found a gentlemen online who has successfully run this kit in an updraft configuration on an old gasoline 4 cylinder tractor, which is basically the same configuration as our A4 motors.
1000 bucks is more then I'd want to spend for an experiment, but its definitely something to think about with our ever changing fuel situation and regulations making it harder to run our vintage engines reliably.
The number 1 issue I see for people looking into something like this would be finding a good spot for the O2 that is still well before the mixing elbow!
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