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Originally Posted by makoshark
Absolutely nothing wrong with a carbureted motor. People drove them for decades. There has been test after test to see which system, fuel injection vs. carburetor, performed better. The results have nearly always been the carburetor gets the slight edge. Drag racers nearly exclusively run carburetor. I had the choice and chose carburetor over FI. Sure the FI will be more reliable, consistent and get slightly better mileage, but I'm not building a daily driver. I expect and want to be able to tinker around with my toy, even if that means I have to perform routine tweaks to keep the carb running consistently.
Vegas69 built a phenomenal car and then took it out every chance he had to bash on it. His car performed better than most hope to even close to. All with a carburetor. I would take heed to what he says. His experience has been documented all over this site
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Wheres jody dammit! The title of this thread wasn't supposed to be "FI VS CARBS"
seriously, Mad respect to Todd, the guys got kills squared and anything he has to say, I'm more than listening. I applaud him most for beating the snot out of his car. Like I said right after I ribbed him a tad about the carb; TO EACH HIS OWN. And I truly meant that. I have as much if not more respect for the guys that go old school rather than going the easy route. I'm not even 1/10th the mechanic Todd is, and that's some fraction of the reason I would never go carb, although most of it has to do with the admissions that YOU ALREADY CONCEDED.
"Sure the fi will be more reliable, consistent, and get better gas mileage"....
but who the hell wants that, right?!?
honestly im not even sure i completely agree with all of that. I've had several carbed cars that ran fine. Hell, next For my mopar ill build a big old obnoxious legit hemi that gets 1/2 Mile to the gallon for you, k? LIKE I SAID, THIS car is going to motivate under the power of an ls3 thats already half done
. Plans AS OF NOW are about 40/60 autocross/cruiser. if you want to say something conctructive, READ WHAT I WROTE and do so. Otherwise, Thanks for the hot tip, and im sure todd appreciates the strokin, but lets get BACK ON TOPIC...