FI is great for those who drive in different elevations, like from Denver
to
Kansas City. Carbs tuned to one elevation will be outta whack when
entering a
new elevation, FOR EXAMPLE, carbs tuned at sea level will run rich when
driven
into the mountains.
There's +/- for either system, however, FI is a technological advancement
over
carbs and will be the better system overall (in daily drivers...race cars
are
a different argument) but it comes with a different level of education and
trouble-shooting. It is a very easy system to trouble-shoot, by the way,
if
only people would take the time to learn it JUST AS THEY DID WHEN THEY
WERE
LEARNING CARBS!!! Of course there will be those who think carbs are the
end-all and are likely better at tuning them than FI. Having owned BOTH
systems (and still using carbs on my baby) I can say FI is waaaaaaay
easier to
synch ;-) and fix than carbs. I admit to having enough of a dislike for
carbs
that I defer my tuning to Darth Fye ;-)
Converting to another fuel induction system is more spendy than proper
trouble-shooting...replacing parts without testing is a waste of money and
NOT
the proper way to trouble-shoot as so many "mechanics" try with FI ;-)
Even
when converting to carbs, care must be taken care with the existent FI
wiring...I can speak from experience that when a mechanic doesn't pay
attention that the wiring can short out and melt. Filled my car with
smoke
when that happened and all my mechanic could say was, "Oops!" >:-(
Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
'72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing,
'73 Porsche 914, '90 Wet Jet
http://www.icbm.org/
Portland, Oregon
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