whats wrong with a carbed motor?
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Long block is just a term for an engine bottom end that has the heads bolted on. When you take the heads off, it's now a short block.
Carbs are just a personal preference. Most Fox guys tend to favor the EFI in terms of tunability. Carbs require a little more skill to tune.
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25thmustang
Mustang Master
Exactly, in my state a carbed motor in a car that didn't come with one will not pass emissions for sure.
Carbs are an old school way of tuning that not a lot of younger guys have experience with. In real cold conditions a carb might be harder to start/run, and in a cold to hot swing might need to be manually tuned to perform the same, which some people steer clear of.
If your not scared of a carb they are cleaner, easier to work on and cheaper to "tune".
Carbs are an old school way of tuning that not a lot of younger guys have experience with. In real cold conditions a carb might be harder to start/run, and in a cold to hot swing might need to be manually tuned to perform the same, which some people steer clear of.
If your not scared of a carb they are cleaner, easier to work on and cheaper to "tune".
EFI has been standard on cars for so long most guys don't understand how a carb works any more. In 1985 people were avoiding fuel injected cars because they didn't understand them and thought you couldn't work on them. now its the opposite. I have to re-learn all the carb stuff since I just did a 5.0 swap into an 84 an went with a carb. To me EFI=cleaner, better mileage, easier starting, no problem trips thru the mountains. Carb=cheaper to set up, cleaner looking engine bay, fewer parts/less complex.
1.8kmint
New Member
Nothing wrong with the carb its just different. I thought people steered away from the 86 because it made head swapping more difficult because of the way its designed. Correct me if Im wrong....
grey5.0beast
Cookies should never be DUNKED!!!
People probably steer clear of the car because most likely it was originally an EFI car if it was an 86. I wouldn't go near an original EFI mustang that was converted to a carb either.
I'm not really sure if any early run 86's had carbs to begin with, maybe someone else can answer that.
I believe in putting newer setups on an older car, but not vice versa.
I'm not really sure if any early run 86's had carbs to begin with, maybe someone else can answer that.
I believe in putting newer setups on an older car, but not vice versa.
Some 86's came carbed from the factory I believe. I wanna say EFI came out mid year and they were still getting rid of the last of the carbed models in 86 as well. I could be completely wrong, but I seem to remember reading it somewhere not too long ago.
Ya, that's why i mentioned to check into it.
I've looked through alot of for sale ads to get an idea of if there was some factory carbs, but the only ones i found were heavily modified, beyond what a factory carb on a fox looked like so it was hard to tell.
Roland69
Sergeant Tangnet
I am a big fan of carbs...tuned right it is as good as EFI...most guys theese days are like carbamawhat
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