Another "Is Fuel Injection a Worthwhile Upgrade?" Question

harrisonm said

I have come very close to pulling the trigger on a fuel injection unit several times. I have considered the Holley and Edelbrock units. I have decided against it each time because of the multitude of posts both here and other places where people who claim the are competent mechanics have had TROUBLE with them. I understand the potential advantages FI can offer, but what about all of these people with all of these problems?????

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Overall, when the FI system is right and tuned to the 9th degree, the only place I see a carb being best is at WOT @ the top end in power making. It is the charge cooling that takes effect.

I met a few people with the FITech set up. They were not good at tuning carbs. (Not that I’m great ether, I just need time on the carb.) There system always had a slight issue they hated. IMO, you can not just bolt on one of these system’s and go and expect it to be a golden fix and out perform a carb, even more so when that persons carb tuning skills are at best, mediocre, or worse.