I can see another reason for people performing carb swaps, Part availability Options

[nditiz1]

I love carbs, they are simple in terms of parts.
I love CIS/djet/ljet/efi because hot/cold it starts and runs, doesn't need to be baby'd when first starting in cold weather.

Anyway - I'm just finishing up installing this nice 76 912e engine running pretty much the same ljet in the 914 and I hit a snag that makes it so I can't even get to hear it's first fire up. My car had its dual relay stripped. Yes, if it was still there I could fire it up, BUT it made me think, what if someone running ljet has one go out? So while I began my search for what I thought was a simple yet specific part I found tons of OOS. Wait, why?! It's a dual relay right? 2 relays glued together housed in the same unit (yes I realize more to it then that). So if these parts are unobtainable, then yeah it would make me want to remove it and go with something where parts are fruitful. So while most of the time the black arts of djet and ljet confuse some to swap to carbs, the unavailability of specific parts can also make that a thing.

Ok im done ranting.
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[technicalninja]

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Good thing I had backups

That happens all the time on 10-year-old cars now for me...

It's getting really bad.

Plenty of cheap Chinese crap is available.

Good parts not so much...

Imagine if you were doing this work for customers who would get MAD when the cheap parts failed.

I bought the very last Honda AC control head for a 2011 Civic 2 months ago.
I've put in 5 in the last 5 years.
What am I going to do when the next one comes in?