Mopar made rear wheel drive cars till 1989?
Were any of these slant 6's with efi???????

I know I saw a late 80's RWD with a efi 318 in it.

No.

Lou

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Home of Slant6-powered fun machines since 1988

As far as I know the only efi 318's were in trucks. I have a 88 diplomat, and it is a 318 with lean burn and carb. 1989 was the last year for these cars, and I think the engine setup was the same.

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

There was never a factory produced EFI for any of the slant six family. It's rumored that chrysler did the research but never put it into production.

It's custom fabrication to get EFI. A couple of guys have it working (I think)

Do a search for megasquirt to find them.

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1980 Aspen 225 super six

I'm sure I saw a 1989 5th ave. with a efi 318 in it.

The last M-body was the 1989 Diplomat/Gran Fury/Fifth Avenue. The only engine available was a feedback-carbureted 2-bbl 318 (albeit with roller cam and nice fast-burn heads).

There was a throttle-body EFI *TRUCK* 318 offered in '89, but not in cars. You may have seen a transplanted truck engine in an M-body. With Chrysler, I'll never say "absolutely never," but if there were any EFI 89 M-bodies built at the factory, it would have only been for R&D.

Well, I will say "never" on one thing: there were never any factory-built EFI sl6 cars. The last SL6 car was the 83 M-body.

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I need to correct myself. I don't think the 89 car 318's were efi (need to check), but Chrysler did have a fuel injected 318 in the Imperial, forget what year, but had quite a few problems, and most were converted to carbs.

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

The EFI Imperial was built from 81-83. Those cars are actually getting semi-collectible now. I used to know a guy who owned 3, all with the original EFI system still working- this was in about 1998.


http://teamchicago.com/imperial/underfi2.jpg

As you can see, it looks almost identical to an 81-89 carbureted 318. The only visual clue (apart from the words on the air cleaner) is the air-flow sensor in the air cleaner snorkel. Even the computer box on the side of the air cleaner looks almost exactly like the feedback computer for a carbureted 318.

Here are a lot of pictures of what the car looked like:

http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1981/SpottersGuide/

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...Chrysler Corp. actually offered EFI on the '57 DeSoto.

D/W

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If it ain't broke, fix it!

And the 58 300D

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...let's see if we can find some pictures. I think they had a trunk full of fifties-era tube electronics, didn't they?

D/W

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If it ain't broke, fix it!

On the 57 and 58 Mopars, was the fuel injection EFI, or mechanical, ala rochester, on the GM cars.

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

Nah, it was a Bendix mechanical system, similar to the Rochester mechanical system on "fuelie" Corvettes.

From what I hear, the Rochester system actually worked better.

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You sure about that? I'm pretty sure it was electronic, but I've only ever seen pictures.

D/W

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If it ain't broke, fix it!

In regards to trucks:

In '88 318's went TBI
In '89 360's went TBI

Not sure on the V6's.