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Fuel Inj v Carbs v Drivability, What's easier for new teener to drive? |
c12croft |
Apr 26 2007, 01:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 167 Joined: 24-December 04 From: Long Island, New York Member No.: 3,331 |
[i][b] When it comes to drivability and general ease of driving for my wife's sake, chosing between 46 Dellortos, Webbers, and properly fuctioning fuel injection is a no brainer I assume.
Has anyone been successful with getting their better half to master driving their 914 carb conversions? It's only my physical disablity that's forcing me to give up my driver's seat. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) |
byndbad914 |
Apr 26 2007, 02:04 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
frankly, a well-tuned carburetor will run just as well as f.i. so you really shouldn't sense much difference IMO. That said, the issue with carbs is that it is really hard to tune for every situation (idle v. mid-range v. WOT) so you tend to tune for what you use the most and let the one used the least be sacrificed a bit. For example, if you are always on it, then tune for WOT and it may be rather fat thru the mid-range. you won't feel it per se while driving at mid-range, but the fuel curve isn't as efficient there so you may be rich. Tune for normal driving, then you might be a bit lean at WOT.
F.I. is nice from an efficiency standpoint as with enough feedback loops the fuel mixture can be tuned for max efficiency at all data points. If you are good with carbs, then tuning shouldn't be that tough for the "best of all worlds". |
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