Carb v FI

[HiredHand]

I know how some of you feel about this subject. The results are interesting.

Carburetor vs. Fuel Injection. We Put Both to the Test on an LS Engine

We do back-to-back testing on a carburetor and fuel injection to see which one performs best on a 6.0L LS engine.

www.motortrend.com

 

[red442joe]

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I know them both....

Joe

 

[sklfco]

 

[swampratt]

Can O Worms.

I love my carbs though and .....

 

[trekrok]

If I was doing a semi-mild weekend play car, I'd do carb. Anything wild, or daily driver, I'd want FI.

 

[Okie4570]

Depends on the application imo. Crawlers went with propane for a reason over carbs until FI came along and FI wins that contest. Vehicle usage at varied altitude extremes and FI wins that contest too.

 

[Camo]

I grew up on carbs. Still like them but see no reason to go backwards in technology. I will never pull fuel injection off to install a carb. if you have an old school car and want to keep it correct, then stay with a carb.

 

[MR.T.]

Carb all the way with me. I have an older EFI vehicle & twice in 2 years it has died because of some computer issue. Believe it is the auto shut down feature which kills all spark & fuel when yhe engine is shut off. Problem is, there is no way to bypass this & get it running when the computer screws up in this way. I had the computer rebuilt a year ago when this happened, & if the problem is the computer again this time- I have all the necessary parts to replace all the computerised crap & put a carburetor on it. Then I know it will run, & will probably run better.
So going backwards in technology sometimes works to an advantage cause then you only need 3 (maybe 4) things to get your engine to run; fuel, spark, compression, & get it rotating. EFI you need 20 things working together to get & keep it running.