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Originally Posted by nextcar
I hope you are correct...
However your premise does not support the conclusion. They have demonstrated that they are perfectly willing to run two different engines with minor variations when inventory cost would doubtless be cheaper for a single variant.
Perhaps the most interesting counter argument is, if you read the change document closely, that they claim to have actually altered the camshaft to reduce the throw of the fuel pump eccentric...
There are LOTS of little changes between the "red top" and "black top" engines... will the new pump be totally interchangeable? Will the difference in throw be within tolerance? Will the new pump with the old cam have acceptable flow and pressure? WIll the pump still chirp with the old camshaft eccentric? I have no idea...
"Hope springs eternal" - Bill S.  |
Interesting notes based on the parts catalog for 2017:
The service part number (at least for early production 2017's) for the fuel pump hasn't changed, so the old fuel pump should work just fine with the new camshafts and vice versa.
Both engines got the camshaft updates, not just the redtop.
Both engines use the same fuel pump, so they should be interchangeable without issue.
Jeff