I could be wrong but I believe the stock distributor for that year is a Hall effect distributor. The computer that control the BBD carb also controlled the distributor to adjust timing. Hence the need for the “Nutter bypass”. This removes the computers control of the distributor and timing. Don’t know how or if the sniper can be connected to the factory distributor though. Not real familiar with the Snipper or Howell fuel injection systems. Unfortunately they are out of my price range.
I’m sure fuel injection is always going to better than a carb. I went with a Motorcraft 2100 I tried the Weber but for some reason I wasn’t able to get it to run right on my 83 cj7. Would love to have fuel injection but the fact that my jeep is a toy not a DD. The $1700-2500 price tag for fuel injection is a hard sell to the wife.
@@we773 I bought mine as a base kit for $900 on sale. Then a while later got a new tank & internal fuel pump kit. It was a little easier on the pocket book to separate it out, as I do most things, so it not such a shocker 😂
$900 on sale that’s a good price. Have seen that around here in Texas. I’m in $200-250 for the 2100 carb, rebuild kit, mounting plate, a true manual choke conversion kit and all the finishing bits. Runs good enough for my needs.
@@we773 yes, carb and choke set up is quite a bit less expensive. I’d always been curious about the EFI for these Jeeps, for many years actually. This one had major cold starting issues, and I knew I wanted to do some moderate off-reading… now that I’ve made the switch, I’m glad I did.
Modern electronics on a classic vehicle! Nice job on the mounting bracket. Cool wood shift knobs also!
Thanks! The Holley Sniper EFI install is done and what an improvement over the old carb setup!!
I could be wrong but I believe the stock distributor for that year is a Hall effect distributor. The computer that control the BBD carb also controlled the distributor to adjust timing. Hence the need for the “Nutter bypass”. This removes the computers control of the distributor and timing. Don’t know how or if the sniper can be connected to the factory distributor though. Not real familiar with the Snipper or Howell fuel injection systems. Unfortunately they are out of my price range.
I connected the Holley Sniper to the stock coil on negative side, just for RPM’s. So far things are working well! Much improvement over stock carb!!
I’m sure fuel injection is always going to better than a carb. I went with a Motorcraft 2100 I tried the Weber but for some reason I wasn’t able to get it to run right on my 83 cj7. Would love to have fuel injection but the fact that my jeep is a toy not a DD. The $1700-2500 price tag for fuel injection is a hard sell to the wife.
@@we773 I bought mine as a base kit for $900 on sale. Then a while later got a new tank & internal fuel pump kit. It was a little easier on the pocket book to separate it out, as I do most things, so it not such a shocker 😂
$900 on sale that’s a good price. Have seen that around here in Texas. I’m in $200-250 for the 2100 carb, rebuild kit, mounting plate, a true manual choke conversion kit and all the finishing bits.
Runs good enough for my needs.
@@we773 yes, carb and choke set up is quite a bit less expensive. I’d always been curious about the EFI for these Jeeps, for many years actually. This one had major cold starting issues, and I knew I wanted to do some moderate off-reading… now that I’ve made the switch, I’m glad I did.
WHERE did you connect the PINK wire? I am trying to find a spot that meets the needs in my 83 Laredo, but it is eluding me right now...
If I remember correctly, I found a spot on the fuse block that was hot only when the key was turned on