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On 16 Nov 2001, at 8:48, Shirley, James J CDR (CNSP N4341) wrote: > Do we as humans have the tendency to like carbs over fuel injection because of > the tendency to fear what we don't know? Sure, the unknown is always a bit frightening. > I resurrected my FI 72 Squareback from the dead and the more I worked the FI > the more I was tempted to switch to carbs, but from reading the list, Muir, > Bentley manuals and I like a good challenge the FI is now working like a > champ. It still needs some slight tweaking to get it perfect but I would > take FI over carbs any day because of the simplicity and reliability. I think for most people, the FI is perceived as complex, while carbs are seen as simple. I'd agree with them about the FI, but I think that carbs are pretty complex, too. It's just that most people are content to ignore the subtle side of carbs. I once had a Mercedes with dual 2-barrel carbs. Seems to me that each carb had a pair of main jets, a pair of idle jets, a pair of emulsion tubes, a pair of idle air compenstation jets, an electric choke, an electromagnetic pilot jet and a float valve. Each of these things came in different sizes and MB had picked an assortment of sizes that worked for that engine/car. BTW, the jetting for the front and rear carbs was slightly different. In the end that led to a very complicated system that I would never have been able to duplicate if I had just been given a complete assortment of all possible sizes of each item. Trying to understand the function of each one was also a bit of a challenge. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/