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Old 03-30-2012, 12:53 AM   #69 (permalink)
mja1
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
The point is moot anyway because EFI outperforms carbs as far as fuel efficiency.
Not true. for 99.9999999% of cases yes. But EFI will always remain at higher fuel pressures, there's no way around it. The lower pressure fuel of the carb has the 'potential' to take advantage of high AFR's. This is the point where a carb outperforms EFI in efficiency, where the ICE is limited only by the melting point of the engine materials used, not by the ignition & fuel timing as in traditional EFI.

Though 200mpg is way off the mark especially in a 455
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