I think its funny.

This generation thats been raised on EFI thinks that carb are unreliable and notoriously bad to start in cold weather.

I grew up in the north. My carb'd truck, my wifes carb'd car, My GTO's, My Chevelle, my numerous Camaro's and Mustangs,.. all had to deal with sub zero temps with wind chills in the -20 range. 1 pump of the pedal,.. 1 turn of the key,.. started up on the first try and remained that way for years,.. warm weather cold weather. Didnt matter.

Now in very cold weather it did take the engine a little longer to warm up. That is one difference between EFI and a carb. You cant just jump in a carb's car,.. crank it and go. The choke will be in the semi closed position and just wont run right,.. choking and sputtering until its warmed up and ready to go. Usually fine in 1 or 2 mins in warm weather,.. 5 - 6 mins in cold weather.

But if something goes wrong,.. you have only 2 places to look for a problem. Fuel and spark. Its much easier to diagnose a problem in a carb'd vehicle then the numerous places to look for a problem on an EFI car. EFI you have fuel relays all over the damn car,.. under seats, in the back,.. under the hood,.. tucked in a panel somewhere. Fuses,.. sensors,.. all that and then each vehicle needs its own specific tuner and software to control and tweak it. All costing in the hundreds and some in the thousands. Where a simple wrench kit,.. a test light, plyers and a couple screw drivers is all you need for any carb'd vehicle.

I'm sorry,. EFI is nice and all. It gives motors great fuel economy that normally would only get half that when carb'd. But for the Joe schmoe like me,.. I'll take a carb any day of the week. My daily drivers,.. I like the EFI AND A WARRANTY. But for a race car,.. I like the carb.


Hurst