Ok I just cam across this statement.
A person wanted to mod his pickup with SFI injection. His first course of action was going to be to rip out the EFI and computer and replace it with a carb and maybe a stand alone tranny controler or a 700r4.
What up with this mindframe? He stated that a carb is "easier" and "more reliable". Where does this mind set come that EFI is less rliable? In actual fact it is about 10X more reliable and IMO is far easier to work on. I can't tell you how may hours I've burned trying to stop my stupid VW carb from icing up and having to adjust the damn thing.
EFI, and especially SFI has so much power potential it is rediculous. I mean this guy could have turbo'd his truck had it reprogrammed and be running daily on the street with a normal idle and probabaly knock off low 13's and go home. All this without even upgrading the fuel system. If he took it upon himself and learned how to manage a fuel map he could mess around with so many variables it would make his head spin (huh! maybe I just answered my own question. People like this could just be scared of it!)Now granted on an inital build EFI is more expensive but in the long run it would pay for itself.
What do you all think? Would you turn in your OBD ones, twos and Holley Commanders for a Street Avenger and vacuum advance?
A person wanted to mod his pickup with SFI injection. His first course of action was going to be to rip out the EFI and computer and replace it with a carb and maybe a stand alone tranny controler or a 700r4.
What up with this mindframe? He stated that a carb is "easier" and "more reliable". Where does this mind set come that EFI is less rliable? In actual fact it is about 10X more reliable and IMO is far easier to work on. I can't tell you how may hours I've burned trying to stop my stupid VW carb from icing up and having to adjust the damn thing.
EFI, and especially SFI has so much power potential it is rediculous. I mean this guy could have turbo'd his truck had it reprogrammed and be running daily on the street with a normal idle and probabaly knock off low 13's and go home. All this without even upgrading the fuel system. If he took it upon himself and learned how to manage a fuel map he could mess around with so many variables it would make his head spin (huh! maybe I just answered my own question. People like this could just be scared of it!)Now granted on an inital build EFI is more expensive but in the long run it would pay for itself.
What do you all think? Would you turn in your OBD ones, twos and Holley Commanders for a Street Avenger and vacuum advance?
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