318 mopar Carter carb
I also wanna do a turbo setup later...like later later, so is the efi route a good way to go I found a kit for 900bucks that has timing,fuel ratios, and tells me just general specs of the engine that would help with boost, if I saved for that would that be better than running a carb since it's simple and parts don't really wear out..like honestly good idea or not?? And I would definitely mess up my carb trying to fix it since I can only learn by experience, that means messing up and paying to fix it repeatedly. Idk just thoughts
this is just my opionion...
Do not get too eager to do anything till you have a running driving car. as for EFI being simpler... there are so many things that can go wrong that takes an electrical engineering degree and a computer degree to figure out you are safer to stay with mechanical things for now.
get it driving, enjoy it, then decide if you want to drop $2000 to $3000 into a turbo.
speaking from experience, when I was younger I had a 63 Econoline van, I wanted more power so I swapped a V8 into it. I learned a ton doing this (by myself and no internet to reference or search parts) but in the end I had $5000.00 in receipts and a shitty looking crappy van.
My next was a 56 for Pickup. Engine, trans, rear-end swap, 4 wheel disks created from scratch, serpentine belt (they were just starting to be put in cars so no kits), tilt column, power brakes. In the end I had $15,000 in receipts and a shitty 56 ford pickup.
I have had a Pinto, VW Bug, 68 mustang there's another $6,000
so all in all if I had just bought the new 88 Mustang GT I would have had a cool clean car to drive and saved $10,000
Remember this is all 80s dollars so $25,000 in the 80s is about $60,000 today.
Granted I would not have taught myself a **** ton about working on cars, but I might not have been so preoccupied and finished college with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and been sitting pretty today rather than wondering how the hell I'm going to pay for retirement!
