On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Bill wrote:

> >> all had clear food modes.

> > None of my SBEC AA-bodies ('91 and '92 2.5 TBI, '91 2.2 Turbo III, '92
> > 3.0, '92 2.5 Turbo II) has/had a clear-flood mode, nor does my SMEC
> > '89 D100 (5.2 TBI). Opening the throttle and then cranking the engine
> > causes the engine to start and immediately rev, whether the throttle
> > is opened before or after the ignition key is turned to "on".

> Your observation is correct, I did forget about another strategy on most
> of those older models that would make the clear flood mode unobservable
> without a scan tool.

Now *this* makes good sense -- rare indeed is the flooded EFI engine;
certainly a clear-flood mode would get (I'm guessing) perhaps 1/1000 the
use over the life of the car of the device it replaced, the carburetor
choke unloader tang.

> (with the 3.0L, the injectors leak enough that clear flood will almost
> always be overridden)

*HAH!* Very true, that.

> I do get to Toronto about once a year on my way to Orillia. I will let you
> know if I get up there this winter or next spring.

Please do! (Ain'tchya even a little bit curious about the SBEC calibration
on my list that kinda sorta shouldn't really exist?)