has anyone switched to a carbureted engine?

 

this post gets my vote for the:

"most deserving of a smackdown" award for today.

 

Maybe he posted in the wrong forum....

 

Let's hope so!

 

I doubt it, it's a conspiracy i tell ya'

 

no i mean installing a carberator INSTEAD of fuel injection
havent you guys heard of it before?

 

ummm.... why?

 

why not? people put pistons in their cars

 

But what is the ADVANTAGE of using a carburator?
It must be a reason why they don't use it...

 

i read that it can be set up quicker and easier than an aftermarket EFI system and it can be tuned a lot easier than one

 

There was some german guy that flew over for some contracting work at my friends dad work and he said that we switch his over to to a carberator so gain more horse power. I was going to how and why but he didnt speak good enough english to even bother with it. But it was on a 3rd gen.

 

i dont see why its unusual...people take out their rotaries to put in pistons...

 

Carb swaps used to be very common in the early days of EFI, because the systems then in use were not conducive to making power.

Nowadays it's a wash if the stock manifolding is done halfway decent. Carbs still rule as far as atomization goes, however they have the disadvantage of requiring wet flow through the manifold.