Carbs...or Fuel Injection?, I'm confused Options

[JimFitz33]

Hey Guys,
I'm about 6 months into searching and researching these cars(914) and from what I gather...they were designed for fuel injection and should have fuel injection to work properly. I've read the warnings of poor engine runnings and bad gas mileage and all...but I still see SO many great cars that I've passed up because they are carbed. Can someone give me a little context in how to think about this stuff? I'm not a gear head and don't have enough knowledge to know why and why not. Anybody? I know what George at Auto Atlanta thinks....what about the rest of you guys? I'm a newbie and need your sage advice. Thoughts guys?
Thanks for any clarity or perspective.

Jim

[somd914]

Everyone has their opinion here...

Even the carb fanatics will likely agree that a stock cam does not work well with carbs. On the flip side, most factory FI fanatics will likely agree that you can't venture far from a stock cam and can't venture beyond 2056 displacement.

For me I tired of trying to find D-Jet components - some are no longer produced, or some only produced for specific years. I tinkered with it a lot as it ran OK but not well when I bought it. I was getting close to having it running well, but then I went for a 2056 with WebCam cam, euro pistons, and dual Weber 40 IDFs.

It's taken a little bit of learning to get the jetting correct, but 8,000 miles later I'm getting the same fuel mileage as my stock 2.0 and a nice power increase. Oh, I don't have an engine bay covered with oil as George claims is inevitable. Overall I spent less time getting my carbs to run well than I spent on my D-Jet.

Do agree that an aftermarket FI system would be sweet, but it's not in the cards for me - other upgrades are higher on the list.

Anyway, the big ticket item is rust. Find a good solid car and go from there regardless of carbs or FI.

[thelogo]

Anyway, the big ticket item is rust. Find a good solid car and go from there regardless of carbs or FI.
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Great now that is really the bottom line on this discussion . o yeahyeah (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

























Then just out of curiosity I would assume people reading this thread are in the know


What would it cost to rebuild a stock 1.7

Pistons ,barrels ,carb cam ,and carbs ,distribute or ,fuel pump



Sounds like it could get expensive ... ??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)





And what brand of carbs were the ones where you buy em but most are deffective or sticking in some way then you send em to a guy he fixes an tweaks em and they rock

And have a crazy center cable pulley linkage thing ... Post pic if you know what I'm saying