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[1bad914]

I cannot believe that I am going to ask this, (big carb guy) but here I go. I just finished building a 1911 motor, it is based around an EA motor with 96 mm pistons and cylinders, the only other aftermarket thing is a Webcam 86 cam. I currently have dual DRLA 36 carbs on it now. I am thinking about putting fuel injection on this motor, I have access to a lot of FI components and really would like to give FI a try, I want to drive this everyday and thought it would be nice, I have a friend that is very familiar with Type I FI and has offered to help.

With the motor specs above what FI system would you recommend, I need specs like what brain box, injectors, dizzy...i

Is this even possible with this cam, I would like to use stock FI, and not mess with a Mega squirt. Any advice would be appreciated. I really just want to learn about FI and this is one way to do it.

[yarin]

Stock FI doesn't give you any considerable amount of tunability. If you are the kind of person that prefers to adjust things to the tee, then carbs would be the way to go for you. Any standalone engine management system is going to require tuning. If you aren't interested in soldering a few boards, you can buy Megasquirt fully assembled. However if you have the money and just want a semi-plug 'n play system I would buy SDS from a vendor that gives you everything you need.

I bought an entire used 2.0 injection system for about $120 and built my megasquirt on it.

I'm not a carb guy, initially the car had carbs and after 6 months of fumbling around I sold them. Still have a few bugs with my megasquirt, but overall its a great system and it has certainly been a learning experience.