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10-18-2014, 06:36 AM
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10-23-2014, 11:22 PM
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12-06-2014, 07:50 PM
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#25
12-06-2014, 08:56 PM
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X2. Unless your going to quote the price of a carb vs. 8 injectors!
Still nice brick, I'd love mine to look that clean. If you did decide to do a front end swap I think I know where you can get the money to pay for it. Interior as well.
Still nice brick, I'd love mine to look that clean. If you did decide to do a front end swap I think I know where you can get the money to pay for it. Interior as well.
#26
12-06-2014, 09:08 PM
Logistics Pro
Carbs don't have scary black boxes with lots of sensors that can go bad and make everything quit working. But then again, the computer on a fuel injection system will tell you generally where to look when there is a problem. So once you understand the black box it isn't quite as scary.
A decently set up carb will never touch a decently set up electronic fuel injection system for performance, economy or driveability. But there are some advantages to a carb. Although they are much more prone to problems than EFI, the problems generally come on slowly and it works progressively worse, giving you plenty of warning before it strands you. And when it does take a dump it can usually be fixed (at least well enough to get home) with simple hand tools.
The real upsides to a decent EFI system generally outweigh the potential downsides by a lot. But for people who really want stuff that can be fixed without a service manual, carbs still have a place. I had a Holley Pro-Jection system on my '71 Bronco. I could never get it to run right so I stuck an Autolite 2 barrel on it and had no trouble getting it going great. Then again, I'll never take the EFI system off my '97. It just works way too well and it's reliable.
Note that I'm talking about "decent" carbs and EFIs. I'll grant you that a carb wizard can set up a carb to perform better than many stock EFI systems in special circumstances. But almost none of us are that good. In almost all real-world situations EFI is better than a carb.
A decently set up carb will never touch a decently set up electronic fuel injection system for performance, economy or driveability. But there are some advantages to a carb. Although they are much more prone to problems than EFI, the problems generally come on slowly and it works progressively worse, giving you plenty of warning before it strands you. And when it does take a dump it can usually be fixed (at least well enough to get home) with simple hand tools.
The real upsides to a decent EFI system generally outweigh the potential downsides by a lot. But for people who really want stuff that can be fixed without a service manual, carbs still have a place. I had a Holley Pro-Jection system on my '71 Bronco. I could never get it to run right so I stuck an Autolite 2 barrel on it and had no trouble getting it going great. Then again, I'll never take the EFI system off my '97. It just works way too well and it's reliable.
Note that I'm talking about "decent" carbs and EFIs. I'll grant you that a carb wizard can set up a carb to perform better than many stock EFI systems in special circumstances. But almost none of us are that good. In almost all real-world situations EFI is better than a carb.
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12-07-2014, 04:43 AM
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12-07-2014, 10:33 AM
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