All great points. I didn't wanna skew from the main topic of this thread (which is obviously to make fun of the rodent), but since you put effort into making good points, I feel like I can add to them.
I do have a Holley/Quick Fuel 850 "race" Brawler on my '71 Swinger, and I like having it there. That car is all old-school, and the carb helps paint the picture. Bench seat, big factory steering wheel, you know the deal. It's a ~500hp 360, nothing crazy, just nice. I've put hours into that carb, it has all screw-in restrictors and bleeds so it's "easy" to tune (easy in quotes because it's still a pain in the ***). I have a micro drill bit set, blanks, mic, and I drill my own restrictors. It idles clean and crisp, and behaves well under all scenarios... until the weather goes up or down 30 degrees lol.
However... I also have another vehicle that has 12:1 compression, AND receives up to about 40psi of boost, depending on what the track surface will take. Makes over twice the hp of the Dart. It runs well in any scenario, from hot to cold, low to high altitude, and can run on any mixture of alcohol and gasoline, thanks to the flex fuel sensor I added. Also gets decent mpg, and I run it primarily on E85, so it's cheap to run. I use most of the safety features Frosty mentioned. Completely tuned by me from day 1. If any part of the maps is not right, it takes seconds to fix it with the push of a couple buttons, no need to pull over, shut it off, open hood, get tools out, remove fuel bowl, blah blah blah. Oh, and did I mention it's my daily? THAT, is the beauty of EFI.
