• dan1101
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    4 months ago

    An old classic car without computers is looking better and better. I can learn carbs.

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      4 months ago

      No need to go that far back, basic ECU fuel injectors + o2 sensors work perfectly fine without telemetry and are WAY more reliable than carburetors.

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        4 months ago

        I don’t like the ECU and sensors having the potential to make the car not run, but they do tend to make things more efficient and powerful at the same time.

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          2 months ago

          If you don’t like that, you’ll really hate carbs not letting a car start.

          Having grown up working on carb engines, you can pry my EFI from my cold, dead, intake.

          Recently helped a friend with a simple 2 bbl carb issue. Ffs, carbs are black magic. They’re really impressive 19th century engineering… It’s amazing what those guys came up with to address changing conditions.

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            2 months ago

            Carbs suck too. But electronics have a limited lifespan and are not easy to work on. On my 1995 F-150 an airbag module (circuit board thing) malfunctioned, and no one is making new ones. I needed it working to pass mandatory state inspection. Had to get a new module from a junkyard and it luckily worked, but that isn’t viable long-term. Carbs, as much trouble as they are, are viable long-term.