what are the pros and cons of carbureted engines and fuel injected ones?

 

It really depends on what your goals are and what engine you are starting out with. Give us some more details.

 

if you are in a state that you need to worry about emissions then don't even think about it. You'll most likely fail the sniffer test and definetly will fail visual inspection.

Carb is nice because it is simple, inexpensive, parts are abundant.

on the down side gas mileage usually sucks, and you have to tune the carb for different seasons

fuel injection takes some time to learn and is a bit more complicated, but in the end you will make more power, be more reliable, and save money on gas.

 

I will also add that once you are familiar with tuning Fuel Injection, it is actually easier (IMO) than a carb..

 

sweet thx

 

Over 200 parts = NOT SIMPLE

Carbs are for poor or simple minded people Die hard old schoolers.

EFI is the

.02 deposited!

 

WOW GUYS.....I had no idea that I was poor or simple minded and I am not old so that must be the case. Thanks for the coments head

 

I drove carburated cars and trucks for years.There's nothing wrong with carburators they make excellent power,give excellent milage and would still be around if not for emmissions standards.A good high performance carb setup will give equal power to a modern FI setup at a fraction of the cost.

 

I disagree. A carb is very forgiving when it comes to tuning my truck. With one screw driver I can adjust idle and change jet sizes. By the time your laptop is up and running, my truck is tuned. As far as gas mileage is concerned, the biggest advantage newer cars or trucks have is the addition of overdrive. That’s not to say efi doesn't help at all, it does for sure. But less rpms equal better mpg.

If you swap in a different cam you need a tune. If I swap heads, cam, increase cubes, add a bigger stall, etc. I change the jets. In fact I don't even have to do that to get it to run good enough to drive. I would love to install a mega squirt system on the truck for fun but a carb is so much easier. I went from 12.95@105 to 12.63@108 just from adjusting the carb. And guess what? I didn't spend my $.02 to do it.

EDIT: My carb was also free.