Carb conversion
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Drifting
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Carb conversion
I have noticed a common interest in converting injected cars to carbs but from what i have read, just doing that reduces performance by 30% not to mention other issues like poor mlg, fire, vapor lock, hessitation, etc. Are there electrical issues that are causing the crossover?
Melting Slicks
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Its not a common interest, just a personal decision. Maybe some cars that were originally FI have bad ecus, wire harness, etc that would cost way too much $ to fix. So they went to carb. No one reason.
I did, but for my own reasons. Completely different engine i built for mine. but it is setup so that if i went to an aftermarket FI setup, it would take me a saturday to do it. But not right now.
As far as performance, no there is no loss as long as the carb and setup are correct. Even mileage will be close. Vapor lock can easily be controlled as well. You loose cold startup, but thats it. But like i said you really need someone who knows how to set it up correctly.
I did, but for my own reasons. Completely different engine i built for mine. but it is setup so that if i went to an aftermarket FI setup, it would take me a saturday to do it. But not right now.
As far as performance, no there is no loss as long as the carb and setup are correct. Even mileage will be close. Vapor lock can easily be controlled as well. You loose cold startup, but thats it. But like i said you really need someone who knows how to set it up correctly.
Burning Brakes
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I have noticed a common interest in converting injected cars to carbs but from what i have read, just doing that reduces performance by 30% not to mention other issues like poor mlg, fire, vapor lock, hessitation, etc. Are there electrical issues that are causing the crossover?
Safety Car
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From: Indiana PA
Yeah, the above posters have valid points but I'm willing to bet the MAJORITY of conversion are done because 35+ year old fuel injection is hard for people that don't understand it and are unwilling to learn the OLD technology much less anything built after 1991.
I had a guy ask me too adjust his kick down cable on his 2019 Nissan Frontier the other day. Are you being serious? Stuck in the past.
I had a guy ask me too adjust his kick down cable on his 2019 Nissan Frontier the other day. Are you being serious? Stuck in the past.
