Am getting ready to swap a 360 in place of the 304 in my CJ-6, and desperately want it to be fuel injected. I had been thinking of going with the Howell, but have recently noticed the kit from Affordable Fuel Injection.
The Howell system has been around but the system from Affordable FI includes an HEI distributor that has both fuel and spark control. Now I know less than nothing about fuel systems, carbureted or fuel injected, so I don't really know what that means.
Here is what I want: Stock or slightly stronger than stock 360 that starts and idles all day every day and is not finicky given altitude changes (during hunting season we go from 5000 ft to 11000 ft at a moments notice). I figure with 360 ci on hand, I should have 350 - 400 lb.ft. of torque, and that should be plenty for a CJ-6. If I only end up with 250 hp, I'm ok with that. Start, idle, and run reliably/consistently are the priorities, with better than stock performance hopefully a by product.
EFI Options:
1) Howell TBI with DUI to compliment it (still no spark control, correct? And, do I need spark control?)
2) Affordable Fuel Injection TBI system with HEI
Additional questions:
1) I will likely be going the crate engine route. Any advice on a particular vendor?
2) Any recommendations on modifications to a stock long block - RV cam, Edelbrock heads, headers, etc.? Or should I just stick with a stock long block?
Any advice would be enormously helpful!!
Thank you!