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Offline EAGLER

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eagler´s engine
« on: October 09, 2013, 01:19:02 PM »
here is another example of the bigger 282 engine, ignition upgraded with the newest tfi system
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Re: eagler´s engine
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2013, 05:04:33 PM »
!Que bonito! That engine is absolutely GORGEOUS!

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Re: eagler´s engine
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2013, 06:28:27 PM »
Yes!   I think I need to visit him with my tools while his back is turned.
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Re: eagler´s engine
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2013, 12:20:10 PM »
Quote from: IowaEagle on October 18, 2013, 06:28:27 PM
Yes!   I think I need to visit him with my tools while his back is turned.
I assume one of your tools would be an engine hoist?
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Re: eagler´s engine
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2013, 10:32:19 PM »
How I wish this was in my Eagle!
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Re: eagler´s engine
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2013, 11:02:34 AM »
How I wish a U.S. Eagle engine bay could be that simple, without the spaghetti-bowl mess of vacuum lines and emissions-control crap that our wonderful E.P.A. regulations required. :eagle:
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Re: eagler´s engine
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2013, 11:20:37 AM »
well doug i don´t believe it´s gonna be that easy, my litle dog keeps the car while i´m away  >:D but if you want i may visit you one of these days and we could make some magic on yours ;D, and yes our engines were equipped with very few vaccum devices so engine bay it´s as clean as it can be.
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Re: eagler´s engine
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2013, 01:15:06 PM »
im sorry but I am going to hijack the thread slightly, Did a version of the fuel injected 4.0 make it in to mexico under production, or did they add EFI to the 282?
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