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Old 06-23-2009, 07:54 AM   #7 (permalink)
Superturnier
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Originally Posted by mrkukujiao View Post
Daox: Being a carb engine, the mpg is really an embarrassing issue
In my opinion carburettor is not a bad thing. I have seen both carb and efi versions of a similar car model and the carb models were more economical.
That's probably because the efi model was low emission with catalysator. And to keep the emissions low you need the efi for controlling the air/fuel mixture around the optimal combustion 14,7:1 ratio.
Carb version was probably on the leaner side.
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