carb conversion

[tannerc91gt]

just throwing some ideas around, this isnt a "how to convert" thread or necessarily an "EFI vs Carb" debate

anyone convert to carb and regret doing so?
debating converting my 91 for a few reasons, just curious if anyone has run into any problems with their converted cars? im not worried about fuel economy and it isnt my DD, and there is no emissions where i live. Most of my EFI parts can fund my conversion.
just kind of tossing ideas around i guess, any opinions welcome.

 

[thethirdeye88]

i'm doing this on my 95...its alot cheaper and i havent seen any downsides to it yet...we arent running yet, but no problems...

 

[1dark92gt]

i have a 1050 dominator and i love carb best thing i ever did to the car

 

[SScott]

I wouldn't go any other way (even for a daily driver). About the only negative thing I could say is occasionally you may have to pump the pedal a few times in the AM.

I prefer a screw driver and a wrench to a TwEECer even if it isn't the "in" crowd way.

 

[Celeb]

Waits for the "Why? Don't do it, EFI is the only way" crowd.

I did it on an 87. Do yourself a favor though if you go that route. Learn about carb tuning before you do it not after like I did. Although a carb can be alot simpler, you don't want to get into a situation where you are now carbed and you have no idea how to adjust idle mixture/float levels/choke, etc.

You may already know how to do this but don't jump in blind like I did.

Once I got stranded and had no idea what was wrong because fuel was pouring out of the choke horn later to find out there was a piece of string like material lodged in that was keeping the needle from seating. Stuff like that.

 

[SScott]

agreed on both statements. I have been working on Holley's my whole life and still learning, best thing I ever did is buy a Pro-Form main body, literally went from a bog to blowing the tires off. ( I hope that is not the invitation to "Why? )

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

If you're serious and have the cash, get in touch with a good company like Pro Systems and have a custom carb built. Dont waste your money on a Holley HP or a Demon, you can have a much better custom carb for similar cash. Do a lot of research and take learning about it seriously and it'll pay off. People seem to forget that the auto world relied on carbs for about 100 years and they lasted that long and can be found at every level of auto racing for one simple reason...they work and are easy to work on.

 

[Stever89]

I've been around carbureted cars my whole life, so when EFI cars started coming out it was a learning experience for me. My LX is carbed and so is my 1984 Camaro, which had the crappy TBI. In both cars the computer is no longer in the loop, and all those sensors with it. Half of the threads in the Tech section don't apply to my car. There is an upside to EFI of course. It's just a matter of your own personal choice.

 

[1987LXragtop]

All does depend upon preferences all the old muscle cars I had have been carbed so I was used to it. When I did this car I knew I wanted to go EFI but have not much in the way of dealing with it aside from VWs I was concerned I'd f it up.
Putting it all together was so easy I will never go back to carb. Just so many options open up with EFI that I wouldnt have with a carb. Again though it all depends on what you want. I dont think I would swap a perfectly good running EFI system for a carb. The whole if it aint broke dont fix it thing.