Carb vs fuel injection?
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EFI hands down. I've ran lots of carbed and EFI engines over the years. The only reason to go carb over efi is that its cheaper. EFI is infinitely more tunable than a carb. Especially if its setup to control ignition and fuel. Nowadays, buying anything with a carb would be a hard sell for me. Especially if someone ripped out a perfectly good EFI system to put a carb setup in it , I wouldn't touch it. Lord knows what other hack job they did on it.
Bottom line: you gotta pay to play with EFI
Bottom line: you gotta pay to play with EFI
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Thanks for all the responses,
I am still not sure what direction I'm going in yet.
I do agree that efi is nice turn the key and go. I also agree that a carb motor is easier and cheaper to make horsepower modifications. Most of the guys I run with are running carbs and they never have problems. If the boat doesn't sell then I know that I want to get some more power out of it. Even though my intake is ported on my efi setup, I was told that with out putting a blower on it I'm about maxxed out what it will make for NA power. (Not sure if this is true or not). I am not crazy about doing a blower especially if I plan to sell the boat.
Maby it's just me but if there was 2 identical boats for sale, one with a 502 mpi and the other with a hp500, I would go for the carb hp500.
I am not saying that by putting a carb on my motor is going to make it a hp500 nor would I sell it saying it was a hp500 but the end result would be similar.
I am still not sure what direction I'm going in yet.
I do agree that efi is nice turn the key and go. I also agree that a carb motor is easier and cheaper to make horsepower modifications. Most of the guys I run with are running carbs and they never have problems. If the boat doesn't sell then I know that I want to get some more power out of it. Even though my intake is ported on my efi setup, I was told that with out putting a blower on it I'm about maxxed out what it will make for NA power. (Not sure if this is true or not). I am not crazy about doing a blower especially if I plan to sell the boat.
Maby it's just me but if there was 2 identical boats for sale, one with a 502 mpi and the other with a hp500, I would go for the carb hp500.
I am not saying that by putting a carb on my motor is going to make it a hp500 nor would I sell it saying it was a hp500 but the end result would be similar.
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Thanks for all the responses,
I am still not sure what direction I'm going in yet.
I do agree that efi is nice turn the key and go. I also agree that a carb motor is easier and cheaper to make horsepower modifications. Most of the guys I run with are running carbs and they never have problems. If the boat doesn't sell then I know that I want to get some more power out of it. Even though my intake is ported on my efi setup, I was told that with out putting a blower on it I'm about maxxed out what it will make for NA power. (Not sure if this is true or not). I am not crazy about doing a blower especially if I plan to sell the boat.
Maby it's just me but if there was 2 identical boats for sale, one with a 502 mpi and the other with a hp500, I would go for the carb hp500.
I am not saying that by putting a carb on my motor is going to make it a hp500 nor would I sell it saying it was a hp500 but the end result would be similar.
I am still not sure what direction I'm going in yet.
I do agree that efi is nice turn the key and go. I also agree that a carb motor is easier and cheaper to make horsepower modifications. Most of the guys I run with are running carbs and they never have problems. If the boat doesn't sell then I know that I want to get some more power out of it. Even though my intake is ported on my efi setup, I was told that with out putting a blower on it I'm about maxxed out what it will make for NA power. (Not sure if this is true or not). I am not crazy about doing a blower especially if I plan to sell the boat.
Maby it's just me but if there was 2 identical boats for sale, one with a 502 mpi and the other with a hp500, I would go for the carb hp500.
I am not saying that by putting a carb on my motor is going to make it a hp500 nor would I sell it saying it was a hp500 but the end result would be similar.
I am a old carb guy, but just don't see ripping out all the EFI to go to a carb.
If u were building your own motors and the boat was a carb boat I can understand.
Sounds like what u have isn't that bad.
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Thanks for all the responses,
I am still not sure what direction I'm going in yet.
I do agree that efi is nice turn the key and go. I also agree that a carb motor is easier and cheaper to make horsepower modifications. Most of the guys I run with are running carbs and they never have problems. If the boat doesn't sell then I know that I want to get some more power out of it. Even though my intake is ported on my efi setup, I was told that with out putting a blower on it I'm about maxxed out what it will make for NA power. (Not sure if this is true or not). I am not crazy about doing a blower especially if I plan to sell the boat.
Maby it's just me but if there was 2 identical boats for sale, one with a 502 mpi and the other with a hp500, I would go for the carb hp500.
I am not saying that by putting a carb on my motor is going to make it a hp500 nor would I sell it saying it was a hp500 but the end result would be similar.
I am still not sure what direction I'm going in yet.
I do agree that efi is nice turn the key and go. I also agree that a carb motor is easier and cheaper to make horsepower modifications. Most of the guys I run with are running carbs and they never have problems. If the boat doesn't sell then I know that I want to get some more power out of it. Even though my intake is ported on my efi setup, I was told that with out putting a blower on it I'm about maxxed out what it will make for NA power. (Not sure if this is true or not). I am not crazy about doing a blower especially if I plan to sell the boat.
Maby it's just me but if there was 2 identical boats for sale, one with a 502 mpi and the other with a hp500, I would go for the carb hp500.
I am not saying that by putting a carb on my motor is going to make it a hp500 nor would I sell it saying it was a hp500 but the end result would be similar.
Or do a setup like this from Holley. Maybe then you wont get labeled a ''Hack" ..it really is a nice setup though.
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Engines didnt stall one time idling around, or hiccup. idle in gear like a dream..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FTRhpGzRwY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FTRhpGzRwY
Dan is greatful he doesnt have Bravos right about now !!!!
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