Fuel Injection vs CARBS, Advise to my 1.8L Options

[cbenitah]

So I'm wondering what the best way is here...
My 1.8L is acting a little bit funny when it comes to acceleration, it feels like all the power is gone. I can go from 1000 RPM's to 4000 without more increase in speed than maybe 10MPH in 1st gear.. and i IDLE at 1200 but thats when the engine is warm, otherwise its around 2-300..

Someone said its the fuel injection being bad from the begining, and that i should remove it and put Carbs on it..

Anyone has an opinion about this question?

/the guy that have to drive in the slow lane with rest of the seniors (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif)

[lapuwali]

QUOTE (cbenitah @ Sep 8 2005, 06:03 PM)

Well, the $ is just this.. I could do the rebuilt for whatever $$$K that would cost. But i dont see the future in THIS engine and I would rather save a couple of months more or so the get a 6 convertion done! So all I want now is to have this 1.8L as my daily driver and be as smooth as possible.. carbs would be what $1500 to get it installed.. and a 6 convertion would be?? above 10K

And fixing the L-Jet would likely be under $100...

If you can't or won't do this yourself, find a mechanic who's worked on any European cars from the 80s, and you'll probably find someone who can fix L-Jet.

If you'd like to fix this yourself, get a book on Bosch fuel injection (there are several, but Charles Probst's book is best) and flip to the L-Jet troubleshooting section. You'll very likely have the problem fixed in a weekend.