Pitching the EFI!

[Unit 5302]

its a computer stupid. you do something as stupid as put in bigger injectors and you got problems.

Hmmm... sounds like you know absolutely jack about EFI. I've seen a SD car run fine after a 24lb injector swap (with idle surge.) 19lb injectors are good to the kind of hp you're talking about making with an intake swap. 350hp is just fine for them N/A, anyway.

a carb will always start. theres nothing there to mess up

Guess that's why people didn't want to buy cars with carbs, instead they wanted EFI. Interestingly enough, I've owned 2 carbed cars, both 5.0's, and since I've been driving my family has had 7 carbed cars. If my dad didn't keep them tuned (he's the carb expert, not me), they don't like to start without a little fiddling. At Fed Ex, the only trucks that give us any problems starting when it's cold, or running (other than the diesels) are the carbs. EFI starts every time. Actually, my dad is damn good at carb tuning, kinda sick if you ask me. It's hilarious, here's this 62 year old guy out in the garage tuning a 3.3L inline 6 1 barrel!!! He managed to get the damn thing to run like nobody's business though. Pump it once, turn the key and it starts and run's like EFI. Course, he's been working with engines since he was 12.

i guess you know something about building race cars that the rest of the world doesnt

Was I talking about building race cars? Nope. I prefer that you can drive it on the street. You don't need a race car to start when it's cold out, or pass emissions, or get good fuel economy.

my stupid stang makes plenty of power down low. i leave like an animal and its an automatic.

How long does your carb stay between 2000-3500rpms? You have gears, yes? Converter? Torque multiplication is where you get your low end, not from the carb.

all i can say is that maybe one day ill run into you unit, but have the title signed and the account # to your bank.

Hmmm... running my stock car with 2.73's versus a modded carb car? Maybe not for titles. I'd still race you, don't get me wrong, maybe for who buy's dinner. I'll race anything, even if I know I'm gonna get stomped.

I'm sure your car runs hard, I'm being serious. You should beat me, your modded, I've got jack for mods. I don't need them/want them at this moment. I have other places to spend my money. It's not that you can't build a seriously fast carb car, I'm not saying that at all. (Course, Magic Carb Powder is good stuff j/k.) That's been going on for 50 years. I'm just saying that IMHO based on what I have just stated in the theory of operation EFI is the better setup.

It sounds to me like you have as much interest in the aspects of EFI as I do about carbs.

EFI computers will compensate for some missing or seemingly corrupted data. Just like a carb, EFI isn't foolproof. You've still gotta match the setup, and tune it when it's modded. Some things cost more money to tune (most everything on EFI), but there are a lot of good points to it, and if you drive it hard, match the combo, and tune your EFI (where needed), you can pull some damn impressive times.

Anyway, I'm glad you can help the members of this board out with their carb problems. Hopefully you can get those guys running like crazy.

Later,
Unit 5302

oh btw, houses are as expensive as **** here right now. In the twin cities metro don't be looking for a 3bdr for under $250,000!!! What the hell? When did we become CA?