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color="#FFFFFF"><u><img src="../2004_projects/Inlet_banner.jpg" width="315" height="84"></u></font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top"> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top"> <p>After I had fitted the new gearbox and engine back into the car I had run the car, to ensure everything still worked ok. It was also an excuse to hear the car run again, as it had been nearly 3 months since I had heard the carbs bark. Importantly I could select all the gears and that they actually made the car move about – always helps.<br> My plan from here was to strip the car back to the point where I could fit the injection but retain the standard cylinder head and cams. I would then get the car running on the new ECU and learn how to make adjustments, etc. My reasoning for this was that I wanted the car to start and run quickly after fitting the new cams. It is important to be able to run the engine at a few thousand rpm and not let it idle to bed the cams in properly. For this reason, I left the exhaust and standard head in place for the time being.<br> The inlet manifold was removed as it had never been touched. The ports were a close match to the carbs, but the new throttle bodies had a larger opening and the airflow would have hit quite a lip. 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