What year did the X 1/9 begin with fuel injection? My 1980 has a carburetor and the mechanic thinks it may not be the original engine because of that. Any help appreciated.
Would be nice if they had developed a Euro spec FI engine though. That would have been a nice motor.
There was a European spec injection 1500 X1/9.
No, there was no European spec injection. The few in Europe sold injected X1/9 have the same spec as they sold in the USA.There was a European spec injection 1500 X1/9. I believe it was labeled "IN" (i.e. INjection) in most European markets. With the exception of the UK which did get the IN model, but with a carb'.
UK market had carb's and mechanical-point all the way to the end in 89. But as those were the most powerful of all the X1/9 engines, I don't think we lost out
No, there was no European spec injection. The few in Europe sold injected X1/9 have the same spec as they sold in the USA.
The "IN" model was always carb driven. The IN model is a special series where only 500 cars of it were produced. Like the LTD in UK and the rare "real" "VS" cars in USA (red seats etc.).
I believe that they started to produce fuel injected X1/9 in July 1980, so at the end of 1980 most of cars arrived in USA were fuel injected.
I worked at a dealership in '79 and the cars all came through fully assembled.
I hated prepping Spiders for sale because the chrome bumper rails were coated in cosmoline that had to be cleaned off. It was a pain to remove that stuff. In comparison X's were easy to prep for sale.