Why EFI?, maybe excellence was expected and they came as close as they could.. |
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Why EFI?, maybe excellence was expected and they came as close as they could.. |
TheCabinetmaker |
Jun 24 2016, 04:30 PM
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I drive my car everyday Group: Members Posts: 8,299 Joined: 8-May 03 From: Tulsa, Ok. Member No.: 666 |
I think the OP simply has too much time and would like to bump his tread up so he will be noticed as a value contributor. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
Mueller |
Jun 24 2016, 04:38 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
I think the OP simply has too much time and would like to bump his tread up so he will be noticed as a value contributor. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) What do you mean by "bump" as simple as it sounds...you bump something it moves....in the case it moves to the top of the list.. |
Gunn1 |
Jun 24 2016, 04:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,021 Joined: 14-February 16 From: Minnesota Member No.: 19,670 Region Association: None |
... but this one keeps going over the same old ground. D-jet & L-jet FI from the 70's ... it is what it is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) OP is working on a time machine. He will convince Porsche they should have kept carbs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Alright simple question 914/4 EFI. 914/6 Carburated ...why? Obviously many here would gladly trade Their 4 for a 6 which didn't come in a fact EFI configuration back then....if the 6 was Truly all Porsche then why put a set of Garbage (?) carbs on it? And go with what Some are saying is the far superior EFI? I just doesnt make sense. Either Porsche was lazy and didn't want to go all the work to inject the 6, or they thought it to be in exact and not worthy of installing on the 6. I don't know...maybe there is another reason? |
TheCabinetmaker |
Jun 24 2016, 05:04 PM
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I drive my car everyday Group: Members Posts: 8,299 Joined: 8-May 03 From: Tulsa, Ok. Member No.: 666 |
All the reasons are in the twelve pages of YOUR thread, yet you refuse to acknowledge the obvious? I won't be reading anymore of this thread. I also won't be reading any of your post in the future. By the time you read this, you'll be on my ignore list. Good luck in life. Your gonna need it.
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Mueller |
Jun 24 2016, 05:08 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
... but this one keeps going over the same old ground. D-jet & L-jet FI from the 70's ... it is what it is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) OP is working on a time machine. He will convince Porsche they should have kept carbs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Alright simple question 914/4 EFI. 914/6 Carburated ...why? Obviously many here would gladly trade Their 4 for a 6 which didn't come in a fact EFI configuration back then....if the 6 was Truly all Porsche then why put a set of Garbage (?) carbs on it? And go with what Some are saying is the far superior EFI? I just doesnt make sense. Either Porsche was lazy and didn't want to go all the work to inject the 6, or they thought it to be in exact and not worthy of installing on the 6. I don't know...maybe there is another reason? Bingo...Porsche is the laziest company in the world, how did they muster the energy to make the /6 models with 5 lug suspension and make the ignition switch in a different location? They made 3332 914-6 in a period of 2 years. They made 115,646 /4 bangers. The /6 models where not quite flying off the showroom floors due to the increased price, for a grand or so more you could have a 911. The factory obviously saw that there was no reason to put big R&D money into a fuel injected /6. If you notice the /6 stopped in '71. If the /6 was that popular and a money maker the factory would have spent the money to further improve the product line and it would have had EFI sooner or later just like the 911's which had it beginning in '73 |
jcd914 |
Jun 24 2016, 05:12 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
The 914/6 engine is simply a 1969 911 T engine which had already been designed and was in production at the time the 914/6 started production.
They chose a low end 911 engine to avoid the 914/6 out performing the 911. Jim |
Mueller |
Jun 24 2016, 05:15 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
The 914/6 engine is simply a 1969 911 T engine which had already been designed and was in production at the time the 914/6 started production. They chose a low end 911 engine to avoid the 914/6 out performing the 911. Jim yep,they actually did have a fuel injection setup they could have used, it was costly for the 911 and it would have been even more money for the 914 due to the lower production numbers. (sure some parts would be the same, but I'm sure there would be 914 specific parts which increases the price) |
Rand |
Jun 24 2016, 05:16 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Alright simple question 914/4 EFI. 914/6 Carburated ...why? ... Either Porsche was lazy and didn't want to go all the work to inject the 6, or they thought it to be in exact and not worthy of installing on the 6. I don't know...maybe there is another reason? Porsche DID go to all the work to inject everything. While they did the fours first, they followed with the sixes. That's just the consumer cars, don't forget the factory race cars WERE using FI back then. And since then, ALL of their cars have been FI. None of them use carbs anymore. WHY? Please let that sink in before you rephrase the same questions again, or suggest they were lazy or "effing up" or some other ignorant nonsense, again. |
KELTY360 |
Jun 24 2016, 06:21 PM
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914 Neferati Group: Members Posts: 5,025 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Pt. Townsend, WA Member No.: 5,344 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I think the OP simply has too much time and would like to bump his tread up so he will be noticed as a value contributor. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) What do you mean by "bump" Use the search. |
Gunn1 |
Jun 24 2016, 06:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,021 Joined: 14-February 16 From: Minnesota Member No.: 19,670 Region Association: None |
Good luck in life, cause I will need it?
You'd swear I said something political. Come on C maker.....I don't think this is life or death bud. Don't quite understand the vitriol with the c makers comments. Last time I checked this was a Forum, and I believe we all know what forum means. |
Cuda911 |
Jun 24 2016, 07:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California |
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914_teener |
Jun 24 2016, 07:57 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,193 Joined: 31-August 08 From: So. Cal Member No.: 9,489 Region Association: Southern California |
... but this one keeps going over the same old ground. D-jet & L-jet FI from the 70's ... it is what it is (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) OP is working on a time machine. He will convince Porsche they should have kept carbs (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Alright simple question 914/4 EFI. 914/6 Carburated ...why? Obviously many here would gladly trade Their 4 for a 6 which didn't come in a fact EFI configuration back then....if the 6 was Truly all Porsche then why put a set of Garbage (?) carbs on it? And go with what Some are saying is the far superior EFI? I just doesnt make sense. Either Porsche was lazy and didn't want to go all the work to inject the 6, or they thought it to be in exact and not worthy of installing on the 6. I don't know...maybe there is another reason? OK.....time out... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif) |
Gunn1 |
Jun 25 2016, 09:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,021 Joined: 14-February 16 From: Minnesota Member No.: 19,670 Region Association: None |
Did Porsche eff up? No they didn't eff up, they did the best they could with the new technology they had. It seems as though the technology was purchased by the folks at Bosch from the aviation component of Bendix. That said most Injection systems were originally good at idle and full open throttle, so primarily racing applications. So in there infancy not well suited for automobile applications. Been reading on different types of fuel delivery systems and their pro and cons. There are very few con's to todays EFI systems, there were however performance and reliability issues with the original designs. Even today Claims of increased HP, Fuel economy, drivability, reliability and so on....some still dispute how much these differences really mean. It appears the main thing EFI does extremely well over Carbs is in the pollution factor, or in this case the ability to pollute less. Carbs are a some what open system allowing hydro carbons to escape/vent in to our atmosphere even when the engine is at rest, where as the EFI is essentially a closed system releasing no vapors or gases unless the engine is running and those gases are then coming out of the tailpipe from the exhaust cycle. Many of the Guru's (about 5 to 1) prefer carburation. The above Statement isn't correct, although what confuses this OP is the sheer amount of photographic evidence on this site and others including evilbay and CL showing most engine compartments with Carbs installed. Many here have spent thousands on their cars, and what do you see when the lid is lifted? a Carburated engine..... So while my intentions will be keeping my cars in their stock or near stock form, with EFI, I cannot understand why so many Carburated cars. (Because its easy isn't an answer, because its simple isn't an answer and because its cheap isn't an answer) With this being the case, Did Porsche mess up when they went the EFI route with the 914? I do not believe they messed up, I believe they did the best they could with the available technology they had. Granted they did sort of use the end user as of a kind of a guinea pig/test bed, but what manufacturer doesn't in some way. WHY DID THEY DO IT????? I think that just as much as seeing the Ljet and Djet as a performance and platform to develop future EFI systems off of, Porsche and others also incorporated EFI into there products to show they were progressive company's in design and practicality. EFI, Unibody, Targa, Mid engine, four wheel disc, and many more attributes can be cited as Porsches View into the future. I would like to keep my car stock with the factory EFI, but increasingly getting more difficult to do with so little information backing it up. Above statement is also incorrect. In my case I think I am fortunate because I believe I have most the parts needed to reinstall the factory EFI's on all three of my cars. There is a plethora of info on both sides, but for now.... just for originalities sake, EFI will be the way I go. To those that added constructive comments and or facts to this thread... it is much appreciated...to those that took this thread as some sort of attack on their beliefs, or way to "clutter" the site, I can appreciate how you feel, but I just see those arguments as shutting down the free flow of ideas and the give and take of facts that get each of us to arrive at our own understanding of the information. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) |
JeffBowlsby |
Jun 25 2016, 10:09 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,439 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None |
Enough already. I cannot ban you but I can ignore you.
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Gunn1 |
Jun 25 2016, 11:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,021 Joined: 14-February 16 From: Minnesota Member No.: 19,670 Region Association: None |
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