Swap or not?: Carby to EFI

[Christ]

How on earth would you come up with or concoct a set of intakes to house these carbs and have them bolt up to a B-series engine?.

Cut a flange, add tube extensions, use 30mm radiator hose for the couplings.

I'm still working on my setup for the B3, but I plan on eventually using bike ignition parts and circumventing the need for a distributor by going to CDI-type ignition.

[sketchman]

Cut a flange, add tube extensions, use 30mm radiator hose for the couplings.

I'm still working on my setup for the B3, but I plan on eventually using bike ignition parts and circumventing the need for a distributor by going to CDI-type ignition.

I originally wanted to do everything you just wrote to a Neon. Now I have an Escort.

Can't wait to see how your's turns out.

[Bert]

Going 'back to the future' does open up all kinds of avenues for doing things that are not overseen and tightly controlled by 'Big Brother' (ECU). And near as I can tell you won't have to bash in the firewall to get that stuff on there either.

[scitzz]

How on earth would you come up with or concoct a set of intakes to house these carbs and have them bolt up to a B-series engine?.

One for each cylinder!

[sickfleming]

Keep the carb, then later grab a set of these. GSXR owners seem to throw them away. Got mine for $55 and shipping on eBay.
Then "rev it and rev it and rev it until the valves come out and dance round on top of the bonnet."

Haha I caught your Top Gear reference

[bravekozak]

A neat trick that you can do with a non feedback carb, is to change the battery with the engine running.

[tooldude]

Almost every vehicle I have ever owned was carbureted and the carbs were extremely dependable. I never had the sensitivity to which you allude of "whenever the weather changes". They could get quite a bit out of adjustment and still run a stock engine. If you want to modify an engine though, that will require other expertise with a carb. All through the years I never heard anyone say "I hate carbs" until the generation that didn't have them came along. People hate (or fear) what they don't understand. I did hear lots of "I hate electric" from amateur and even professional mechanics; now it's "I hate electronics". It's all what you're willing to devote time to and study. You have a clean, solid, running car? - sounds like it needs very little. It's all what YOU want - a good running stock car or wanting to modify a car. Want to rip all that carb stuff out and throw it in the garbage, let me know and I'll let you throw it in the back of my truck and haul it off for you, (& my '89 haha). I don't think you'll find the stock carb to be a big deal. You're already partially working with the feedback carb and with what a lot of people hate. The injectors, and carb bodies (basically), only supply fuel, right? The control comes from the supporting sensors and electronics, so what's all that different? - some vacuum controls. Another two cents. [taking the standard disclaimers; you can call me Two Cents, just don't call me Penny]

[nitrofarm]

Feedback Carb = Over Engineered Venturi. Bernoulli wouldn't even think twice about tossing it in place of a Holley or Weber.Real Carbs don't need a computer. You can try to convince all you want but I'm not buying. You can have mine just come and get it!

[Movin]

I am with tool dude, when you understand it they are no problem and can be fun, whatever it is.

[monkeykiller1996]

i actually about to do a carb to efi swap soon, where i live it gets well below 0 degrees and when it does, well lets just say im not driving the festiva from about 10 degrees and down the thing will not start for anything

[Movin]

Install a ski-doo primer...thats ski-doo conditions! lol and maybe a 8 volt and a 6 volt battery system for 14 volts of crank power.