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Old 04-18-2021 | 01:04 PM
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Carry a spare carb... lol!!

I’m not against fuel injection. If that’s the impression I made, that’s not the point I was really trying to get at. In fact I’m really excited about it.

Yes, I have some concerns with reliability. As more adopt the Sniper, it’ll show its reliability or lack thereof, and I’ll be able to make a more informed decision.

I’m also not in a position of spending another 4k on top of the other things that need to be done to finish the engines, get them dyno’d, then back in boat I’d really like to be boating this summer vs staring at a bunch of parts.
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Old 04-18-2021 | 04:33 PM
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Sounds like you answered your own question. Carb it is .
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Old 04-18-2021 | 05:29 PM
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For now.
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Old 04-19-2021 | 08:21 PM
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How do you mount an O2 sensor in a set of CMI headers ? Had a friend ask me why I was still running carbs. He is a fan of the Sniper on his street car.
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Old 04-19-2021 | 09:19 PM
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I’m going to put them in my tailpipes.
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Old 04-19-2021 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Shotgunn
How do you mount an O2 sensor in a set of CMI headers ? Had a friend ask me why I was still running carbs. He is a fan of the Sniper on his street car.
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I’m going to put them in my tailpipes.
I have mine mounted it the tail. (yellow circle) I also have it mounted in an extension. I'll look for a better pic.
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Old 04-20-2021 | 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Shotgunn
How do you mount an O2 sensor in a set of CMI headers ? Had a friend ask me why I was still running carbs. He is a fan of the Sniper on his street car.
How to install oxygen sensor bungs.
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Old 04-20-2021 | 07:31 AM
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Any of you switch to the full Sniper Hyperspark ignition box, coil, distributor? I am not sure if those are meant to be used in marine applications.
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Old 04-20-2021 | 08:13 AM
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No experience with the Holley ignitions, but after speaking with the reseller, it seemed to me that the small cap EFI distributor would be fine for what I was doing. He was in agreement.
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Old 04-20-2021 | 09:32 AM
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Since that dist is Hall Effect, wouldn’t you be able to use a Tbolt IV/V distributor if you have one ?

Can the Sniper ECU accept a magnetic pick up distr ? If so, delco/merc est/voyager could be used, if you have one.
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