1976 2.0 on carburetors?, Good bye Fuel injection? Options

[Mr.Vman]

!976 2.0 barn find, been sitting for yearsn no rust, good condtion. Going through brakes and chassis rubber, struts, shocks make a nice driver. Have not driven the car yet, has fuel injection, idle varies, vacuum leak? What is going on with no carburetors on a stock 2.0? Because of the camshaft timing carburetors do poorly? Is this true or a tale? Seems carburetors would be simple. Is this a myth of no carburetors on a 2.0? Thanks for the time and information. Steve V.

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

the 914 engine is built for fuel injection. Read my dissertation in the tech tips 700 about the evils of cave man fuel injection, CARBs. Really really bad

!976 2.0 barn find, been sitting for yearsn no rust, good condtion. Going through brakes and chassis rubber, struts, shocks make a nice driver. Have not driven the car yet, has fuel injection, idle varies, vacuum leak? What is going on with no carburetors on a stock 2.0? Because of the camshaft timing carburetors do poorly? Is this true or a tale? Seems carburetors would be simple. Is this a myth of no carburetors on a 2.0? Thanks for the time and information. Steve V.

[Superhawk996]

!976 2.0 barn find, been sitting for yearsn no rust, good condtion. Going through brakes and chassis rubber, struts, shocks make a nice driver. Have not driven the car yet, has fuel injection, idle varies, vacuum leak? What is going on with no carburetors on a stock 2.0? Because of the camshaft timing carburetors do poorly? Is this true or a tale? Seems carburetors would be simple. Is this a myth of no carburetors on a 2.0? Thanks for the time and information. Steve V.

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Poor dude is 6 posts in and already the thread has gone sideways (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

“What is going on with no carburetors on a stock 2.0? Because of the camshaft timing carburetors do poorly?”.

As noted the 2.0L four cylinder cars are fuel injected. As noted, due to the mild cam used with the OEM fuel injection the use of carbs with that cam leaves a bit to be desired when used with carbs. Will it run? Of course but it will run a lot better with a cam better suited to carbs. The problem of course is that the cam swap involves tearing the engine down and splitting the case. It also requires new lifters for the new cam. Not rocket science but also not for the faint of heart, non-wrenching types.

Per suggestion by others, it’s worth keeping the stock Fuel Injection if at all possible.

Good luck with the project (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)