05-17-2006, 05:45 PM | #11 | |
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05-17-2006, 05:46 PM | #12 | |
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05-17-2006, 05:49 PM | #13 | |
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05-17-2006, 08:00 PM | #14 |
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used efi parts are your friend.buy them and use them.ive had all of them.l
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05-17-2006, 08:23 PM | #15 |
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You know my opinion. I think of the carb as like a VCR. Even though a lot of people still have them and use them, ultimately they are a dead technology. If you want precision tunability -and what you might equate with safety- the efi system is the way to go.
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05-18-2006, 12:55 AM | #16 |
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Go carb, its easier to tune, cheaper and make more HP... With EFI, hell you make a cam change you have to buy a chip, to get it tuned right..and that can be 200.00 or more. you can go carb easily for under 500.00....
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05-18-2006, 03:09 AM | #17 |
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I don't think there is anything wrong with a carb on a "toy" car. You lose some part throttle efficiency, but that's not what toy cars are for. If I ever build a motor for my '79 Capri, it will most likely be a carbed setup.
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05-18-2006, 08:40 AM | #18 |
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What all the EFI guys are forgetting is, if you have a heavily modified car it is very costly to properly tune the stock ECU. I had a 355 with TFS Hi Ports and big cam that was EFI and it was killing me and my bank account to try to tune it. They make software to somewhat tune it but very costly. Atleast with a carb you can tweak it with a screw driver. Dont get me wrong, there is no doubt EFI is better for a daily driver but a carb for a toy.
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05-18-2006, 06:51 PM | #20 | |
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My thought is .. if you have fuel, air, and a spark, it'll run. So what are the real benefits in buying all of the EFI parts and tools needed to tune it when I can have it at a fraction of the cost? I don't mean to seem pig-headed but what benefit am I really going to gain by going EFI other than spending considerably more money on parts and software to tune it? This like most things in life comes down to the old "bang for the buck" theory and I'm just looking for the metaphorical "bang" that's going to justify my bucks. |
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