Old cars that kick new car and FI a$$ - Page 4

MiracleMax · 01-20-2001, 01:11 AM

Eh, maybe but if all the basic systems are in place you've got a good start. Carb and carb manifold's have been around so long they are cheap to make. Figure a new carb and carb intake is about the cost of an EFI manifold. I think you could make the money back in the long run considering the more efficient operation (if your into that sort of thing

) Or if you like the ease of tunability. That to me is worth the extra cost. Once a carb is set-up doing the math for jet changes is easy to do, but instead of just cranking on a fpr, you gotta pull the bowls, take out the jets, blah. blah, blah.

Now that I think about it getting a Holley HP, a fuel pump, and intake are almost as much as an efi set-up probably only about 400 bucks shy.

SLOWPONY · 01-22-2001, 10:12 AM

I have both efi and carb. A 65 and 90. Even though mostly everyone belives that a carb is so much faster than a efi car, that isn't true. There are dyno tests out there that show the same motor that ran with a carb then was switched to efi, and the efi made more power. Older people think that if it dosen't have a carb it isn't fast, thats not true at all. It seems to many people out there bash efi, maybe it is they just don't understand that efi is a better set up.

Rev · 01-27-2001, 05:22 PM

Hey MiracleMax, isn't that "extender" just a piggyback, add-on chip that some outfit burned for you? Does it also dial in your timing? Is that 13/1 across the board RPMwise? What if I wanted 13.5/1? I can do all this in a heartbeat on my car. No emissions questions either.

Rev

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'66 Coupe, 306, 300 HP, C-4, 13.97 e.t., 100.3 mph
1/4 mi.

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01-20-2001, 01:11 AM	#46 (permalink)
MiracleMax Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Hayes, Va, USA Posts: 798	Eh, maybe but if all the basic systems are in place you've got a good start. Carb and carb manifold's have been around so long they are cheap to make. Figure a new carb and carb intake is about the cost of an EFI manifold. I think you could make the money back in the long run considering the more efficient operation (if your into that sort of thing ) Or if you like the ease of tunability. That to me is worth the extra cost. Once a carb is set-up doing the math for jet changes is easy to do, but instead of just cranking on a fpr, you gotta pull the bowls, take out the jets, blah. blah, blah. Now that I think about it getting a Holley HP, a fuel pump, and intake are almost as much as an efi set-up probably only about 400 bucks shy.

01-22-2001, 10:12 AM	#47 (permalink)
SLOWPONY Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: detroit,mi Posts: 27	I have both efi and carb. A 65 and 90. Even though mostly everyone belives that a carb is so much faster than a efi car, that isn't true. There are dyno tests out there that show the same motor that ran with a carb then was switched to efi, and the efi made more power. Older people think that if it dosen't have a carb it isn't fast, thats not true at all. It seems to many people out there bash efi, maybe it is they just don't understand that efi is a better set up.

01-27-2001, 05:22 PM	#48 (permalink)
Rev Registered Member Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: Houston, Tx. Posts: 3,887	Hey MiracleMax, isn't that "extender" just a piggyback, add-on chip that some outfit burned for you? Does it also dial in your timing? Is that 13/1 across the board RPMwise? What if I wanted 13.5/1? I can do all this in a heartbeat on my car. No emissions questions either. Rev ------------------ '66 Coupe, 306, 300 HP, C-4, 13.97 e.t., 100.3 mph 1/4 mi.

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