Should carbs be a show-stopper for my 914 search?, How bad are they really? Options

[BigDBass]

In my apparently endless search for the right 914, I've come upon decent candidates which I then discover have been carburated. I've basically treated that as "nothing to see here, move along", but.... what if one finds what is otherwise almost the ideal match in condition, price, color, original parts, location, except for lacking stock fuel injection?

References usually say just that it's an expensive proposition to convert back to if you manage to acquire the necessary parts. How difficult and expensive is this? What all is involved?

[rhodyguy]

buy the best body you can. single carb, dual carbs, fi, no engine at all. i'll take the lesser carbed car with minimal rust anyday. the "your car will run like crap with carbs and a fi cam" statement is a bunch of nonsense. a buggered up d-jet or l-jet more than likely won't run, the owner will be in fear of driving more than 50 miles due to the fear of the AAA call, or the car will run poorly at best. misrunning dual carb setups run that way due to being poorly setup.

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