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Originally Posted by meanjoe75fan
Actually, my truck is EFI, as I believe all 6 cylinder F150s since '87 or so have been.
Wish it WAS a Carb...the 300 Ford six took a sizable MPG hit with the switch to EFI.
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Don't wish for a carb. The drawbacks are serious.
- Less consistent behavior, bad cold-starting behavior, carb requires rebuild every 100-150k (for Toyotas).
- Dry manifold is more compatible with EOC. Whatever supposed FE benefits apply to carbs, they are negated by EOC in a good EFI (more especially a dry manifold EFI with a manual transmission).
There are only two things that might be nice about carbs, and they're debatable:
- Maybe you can tune it slightly lean. Then again, you might damage the engine trying.
- If terrorists attack with EMP, carbs might be a little more likely to survive. Actually, my carb in particular has emissions tech on it, with O2 sensor and active computer controlled AFR. It might start and run after EMP, but it's not going to run well.