DeTomaso Mailing List: April 98, Message #66

On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Dave Williams wrote:
>  Every carb vs EFI dyno test I've seen on American V8 engines has showed
> the carb setup solidly in the lead as far as power.  This is, in my
> opinion, primarily due to the relatively poor design of most EFI
> manifolding, secondarily due to the poor fuel atomization from the
> common electric injectors.

EFI oftentimes has different goals... like controlling emissions.  I've
heard it said many times (by people who know what they're talking about, as
opposed to me) that it's easier to make a radical engine "driveable" with EFI
than with a carb.


>  Besides, if the Russians decide to nuke the USA, your carbed car will
> still start and run, allowing you to escape from the radioactive
> mutants.  The EFI car's electronics will be fried by the electromagnetic
> pulse when the bombs go off.

Except that you won't have any spark because the ignition coil(s) got fried
by the same pulse.  :-)

-Andy
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