carb vs. efi

[Jim Davies]

On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Tom Cloud wrote:

> he'p me out here .... have a friend that's a died-in-the-wool
> Holley carb fan and thinks I've made a big mistake going to efi
> (I'm not racing)
> 
> He argues that no top racer (NHRA is his game) runs efi.  I admit
> that's probably right, but the reason isn't because it's not better,
> but rather that it's too danged difficult to change at the
> track ....
> 
> what do the Formula 1 guys (and others) do ??
> 
> Like I say, he'p me here .... 
> 
He's got a point. In any more-or-less steady state situation I think 
carbs can compete, and may be better in some ways. When speed/load vary 
as much as they do in road vehicles (or F1), well...

For an exhaustive discussion on this subject, look at the 1935-45 era and 
the development of aircraft piston engines. One of Ricardo's editions had 
a good discussion on this subject, IIRC. Basically, though, it was the 
Brits vs the rest of the world, with the Brits defending carbs and 
everyone else going to injection (or injection carbs)

Jim Davies