The Carb Revolution, A shortage of capable 914 mechanics? Options

[JawjaPorsche]

I have noticed a lot of 914's for sale lately on Ebay, Craiglist, and here on 914World that have carbs. I was wondering what prompted these owners to scrap their FI for carbs? As a original owner of a 914 I know you have to stay on top of the FI system with maintenance and tender care. Was it because some teeners exchanged owners so much that it was easier to switch to carbs than to chase the FI problem? Or was it because there is a shortage of capable 914 FI mechanics that understand the D-Jet system or L-Jet system? This is not a knock on teener owners that have carbs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[Katmanken]

Advertising convinced a lot of people that more power was yours by merely removing the fuel injection system and going to one or two carbs. Some people equate engine performance to "cool" noises so the extra induction noise (and small reduction in flow resistance) was definitely perceived as a large HP gain by some.

Realistically, the size of your air charge size sets how much fuel can be burned so adding carbs either reduced power (single carb mix and flow issues), did nothing, or made a little extra power by over-richening the fuel/air ratio and/ or reducing intake flow losses.

Adding a cam with dual carbs could actually add more power but that involved an expensive engine teardown and a rebuild.