Modern day reliability for the price of a good carburetor

[greg vess]

With today's technology growing an alarming rate why deal with ancient carburetors on your classic car when for the price of that same carburetor you can own a fuel injection system. The system gives you the reliability and the drivability of a modern-day car all for your classic vehicle all for the price of a Holly carburetor we all cherished as a teenager.



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[Cadcom]

I’ll pass on that Chinese stuff and stick with my made in America carbs. 👍🏼

 

[Stampede]

With today's technology growing an alarming rate why deal with ancient carburetors on your classic car when for the price of that same carburetor you can own a fuel injection system. The system gives you the reliability and the drivability of a modern-day car all for your classic vehicle all for the price of a Holly carburetor we all cherished as a teenager.



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Because EFI isn't needed. Plus it detracts from the originality and spirit of owning & driving something 50 or 75 years old.

Carbs are perfectly fine for hobby cars/trucks - just keep them clean and adjust if needed. A basic 1bbl or 2bbl is fairly simple.

 

[greg vess]

I’ll pass on that Chinese stuff and stick with my made in America carbs. 👍🏼

There's no substitute for a good fuel injection system. I'm not saying that particular one is the answer to everything. With a good self tuning fuel injection system you can get better throttle response, more horsepower, better drivability than you'll ever get with the carburetor and they automatically adjust for every atmospheric difference there is. I know mechanics are afraid of fuel injection but dealing with the carburetor on the high performance motor is just too much to worry about. Carburetors can't change its air fuel ratio based on atmospheric conditions and elevation differences like a fuel injection system can. Atmospheric conditions change almost instantly and a fixed set carburetor can't deal with those changes on its own they have to be manually changed. Fuel injection takes all that guess work out of it. It automatically adjust for every intake signal there is. Water temperature differences, intake vacuum differences, humidity and ambient temperature differences and pretty much every other variable you can throw at them. Not to mention eliminates the smell of raw fuel all together although as a young mechanic you love that smell but it gets old sitting in traffic in 100° heat.

The benefits as far as drivability are worth its weight in gold. But to each his own I reckon. That's the beauty of working on old cars. You can make them as easy or as complicated as you want.

 

[Cadcom]

There's no substitute for a good fuel injection system. I'm not saying that particular one is the answer to everything. With a good self tuning fuel injection system you can get better throttle response, more horsepower, better drivability than you'll ever get with the carburetor and they automatically adjust for every atmospheric difference there is. I know mechanics are afraid of fuel injection but dealing with the carburetor on the high performance motor is just too much to worry about. Carburetors can't change its air fuel ratio based on atmospheric conditions and elevation differences like a fuel injection system can. Atmospheric conditions change almost instantly and a fixed set carburetor can't deal with those changes on its own they have to be manually changed. Fuel injection takes all that guess work out of it. It automatically adjust for every intake signal there is. Water temperature differences, intake vacuum differences, humidity and ambient temperature differences and pretty much every other variable you can throw at them. Not to mention eliminates the smell of raw fuel all together although as a young mechanic you love that smell but it gets old sitting in traffic in 100° heat.

The benefits as far as drivability are worth its weight in gold. But to each his own I reckon. That's the beauty of working on old cars. You can make them as easy or as complicated as you want.

What carb are you referring to that is this much of an issue on your typical American muscle car? Outside of corn fed gas’s issues I’ve never had a problem.

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Electric carburetors are the future

 

[keith089]

Got a polished SNIPER for the truck, sit in a box in shop.
Had to go with my carb

 

[Treehawk]

I can tune my carb and fix it if I let it sit too long. EFI is good until it isn't

 

[greg vess]

What carb are you referring to that is this much of an issue on your typical American muscle car? Outside of corn fed gas’s issues I’ve never had a problem.

Cold start issues are the biggest problem for carburetor especially in a high performance system. A carburetor will run but it can't do anything a fuel injection system can do better. A fuel injection system will make sure that your engine is running and optimum conditions every second. I'm not saying that carburetors are pain in the rear end it's just they can't perform at an optimum level and deliver peak performance all the time like a fuel injection system can especially off idle and wide open throttle situations. If I had an old car and wanted to keep it original I would use a carbureted system. Not only to keep it original but for nostalgic reasons.

If I had a muscle car with a very high performance engine and I wanted to make sure that I had all the horsepower and torque I could get I would use a fuel injection system. Especially for drivability issues where ultra high performance engines can be a problematic. With the fuel injection system on a very high performance engine you can simply start the engine up and drive immediately. Whereas the carbureted system on that same engine would be a different situation all together. You have to sit there and let the car warm up sufficiently before even attempting to drive the vehicle. I'm not talking about a lightly modded factory engine. I'm talking about a seriously modded high horsepower machine.

 

[41mag]

EFI - the right fuel amount, into the right cylinder, at the right time .
You can’t beat that with a carb.
Carbs are good for WOT .