is nascar changing to fuel injection something that will change the futur of hot rods and may be make the technologie more affordable for old cars .would you give up your carb for FI .........those FI makes it cheaper on gas?
I cant see it making any difference to hot rodders. Fuel injection has been used for almost 25 years now, I am surprised that it took NASCAR this long to start using it. .....If you are old school, you will still use carbs
Fuel injection has been around for quite a few more years than 25...can you remember 1964 Corvette Ram Jet 327c.i.d./375HP? I don't, I wasn't alive, but I indeed owned the above mentioned car...100% original...48 year old car, with factory fuel injection.
I think there's a lot of pluses with the Fuel Injection set-up. Not only for fuel economy, but for the reliability factor also, the engines run much cleaner and therefore last longer. I don't mind fussin' with a carb now and then, but it's so much nicer to just fire it up and go cruisin', without having the choke stick or the float stick...
Fuel injection was available as an option on the 1957 283 engine, and may have been available before that on other sports cars , not sure when the first Hilbourn fuel injection arrived on the scene. I read that there was a lot of problems with GM's first injection, mainly that the dealers didn't know how to diagnose or service it.
the fuel injection from the fifties wasn t to reliable .most owner made the system disappear ...that is why original fuel injected car that still retain there system is really hard to find...............if they can come with a pc program that makes tuning FI easy for more power, i can t see the future hot rodders guys wanting to play with an old carb...................i have a brand new elderbrock carb in the box and i m still ain t sure i ll put it on my Nova..............yet
I run a mechanical fuel injector on my street car .I 've ran one for years and really like it . Not everyone's cup of tea but I have the bug's worked out on mine so I stick with it . Really like how much power it makes:)
I watched parts of the race in Phoenix on Sunday and was having a little chuckle when the colour commentator said how EFI was "New" and they had to get the bugs sorted out. This after Tony stewart had trouble with a re-starting issue and a couple of the Hendrick cars I believe had "blowed up". Yes-EFI has been around a long time for both production and race applications-The good ol' boys will have to learn how to op'rate a 'puter.
Sart playing with EFI then you should consider the rest of emission suff that goes with it. Just sayin go read the other thread on emmissions. Just my .02
-- Edited by Modfather on Friday 9th of March 2012 08:51:48 AM
most efi aftermarket stuff deletes all emmisions stuff.
Almost all wire harness refits and custom harneses delete emmisions.
California is the only place i am aware of that requires the motor year emmisions to be included in a swap into an older car.. meaning for example, whatever emmisions were required for that 2006 Corvette LS6 motor you plan to use in your 64 chebby must be incorporated into the old car swap.
I can see the day where reskinning a new car with an older body will be the only viable and cost effective route one could take.
California is the only place i am aware of that requires the motor year emmisions to be included in a swap into an older car.. meaning for example, whatever emmisions were required for that 2006 Corvette LS6 motor you plan to use in your 64 chebby must be incorporated into the old car swap.
i m part of the generation that was force to learn the metric system.......i think iwas in grade 6 or 7 when they started my 1975 Yamaha was the first thing i had that got me stock to go buy a set of metric socket and wrench................my 1977 LTD is still in milles 78 they change to km.............and i still hate it
