i'm toying with the ideas of changing my car over to a carb by spring time. if i did this, how much would it roughly cost? i see on racing beat the whole setup would run like $900. but if i got the manifolds and gaskets off there is it possible i could use any 4-bbl carb or would i need one that is specific if the RX intake? i'm trying to read up on carbs now so i can comprehend how they work (i'm a child of EFI).

 

If you're looking at their website, why don't you ask Racing Beat directly?



-Ted

 

Plus, why would you do this? You have a perfectly good EFI system to begin with...Spend the money on an S-AFC so you can tune it...

 

efi can yeild more power if tunned properly than carbed!

EDIT: Oops Aaron beat me to it!

 

i know, but i hate tuning this ****. it would take me forever to learn a Safc and i'm kind of scared of one truthfully. i can imagine the pain it takes to tune it with all the electrical gremlins i already have

 

Personally I wouldn't throw good money after bad, I would personally buy an aftermarket computer... Even a 2nd hand one a couple of years old would be fine.


But if your good at tunning carbs, then go for it, but EFI isn't really that hard to tune at all.

And if your going to carb your going to either have to take a huge step back in ignition systems and goto the old electronic distributer, or you could keep the stock EFI there and use just the ignition, but if you did the later there would really be no point to going carb..

 

Operating an S-AFC and tuning an engine are two totally different things. The two skills should not be confused. If you can operate a computer (and you obviously can since you're here) then you can operate an S-AFC, but if you can't tune an engine with an S-AFC then you can't tune an engine with a carb.

 

they both have their advantages. One of the main perks of going carb, is a MUCH cleaner engine bay, (no vacuum hoses) and no possible elcetrical problems to deal with. (bad wiring, sensors going out etc.)

However EFI will yield more power if done right, and better fuel economy, easier starting etc.

Its really just a matter of personal preference.