me and my friend who is in love with b engines and crx's duznt belive that carbing a 13b will not increase horse power please reply to this thread to resolve our dispute

 

It depends on a lot of variables, a carb may increase the power on the very top end but it would be not very fun to drive on the street because of lost bottom end. Over all I would say EFI is better from the bottom to top of the RPM range. So 'area under the curve' power goes to EFI.

 

EFI properly tuned will always make more power

 

....edit...sorry...wrong thread....

 

not always true. Yes a standalone with a tuned intake manifold will, with oversixe TB on a ported engine. But for a stock motor, a carb and manifold will yield an increase of around 20 -30 hp over a stock fuel injection system. Especially when combined with complete exhaust.

 

How's this: With all else being equal, a properly tuned EFI will make more power and have much better drivability.

 

a carb works off of a restriction, restriction results in a loss of ve. how can a loss in ve = greatter power?

fi doesnt need restriction, so with fi you can have the least restrictive exhaust and the same optimum exhaust setup

 

^ this guy's got it right.