That gol durned fuel injection

Fred Miranda fcmtb at ix.netcom.com
Thu May 1 15:06:44 GMT 1997


Duane,
FWIW I figure anyone who _understands_ carbs enough to tune them
properly will have no problem tuning an aftermarket efi setup.
I find them much simpler! Have a problem at 6krpm, go to the fuel table
and change something at 6k. Nothing else changes.

Fred

At 09:27 AM 5/1/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey All:
>          Being the  local "carb tuning goober", I felt the need to 
>respond to some of the slander. I still have all of my teeth but
>I wonder how the amount of teeth determines ability to tune a 
>fuel system. Regarding the statement about "too ignorant to turn
>on a computer", most of the "2 tooth goobers" I hang out with
>not only manage to turn it on but we build our own. Mine is a
>Cyrix 686, 32 meg RAM, three HDs, 8X CDROM, tape backup,
>etc. etc. that somehow in my vast ignorance I managed to put
>together and make it all work for under a $1000. Regarding the
>statement that it takes more knowledge to tune even the most
>basic FI system, an idiot who has no idea how a carb works can
>install and dial in an old analog Holley Projection system.
>      I joined this list to learn more about electronic fuel injection
>but considering the mindset and childish ignorance I see displayed
>here, I wonder if the technical data I read is valid.
>
>Duane
>
>




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