carb vs. efi

[Michael J Weber]

At 02:05 PM 9/12/97 -0500, you 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's an engineer, has worked as a mechanic, owned a speed shop
>>and raced for a number of years, so I regard his opinion.
>>
>>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 ??
>
>I've thought about this summore ... I guess my question, really,
>is "why don't more top racers use efi (or do they ??)" ??
>
>Tom Cloud
>
>    Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you !!
>
Top Fuel and Funny Car use fuel injection.  If I remember correctly (most
times I don't) Pro Stock rules don't allow the use of the fuel injection.


Mike Weber
mweber at interaccess.com