Carbs.

[nando]

My old car had a carb (holley 650 double pumper). I got shitty gas mileage (12mpg on a good day) and tuning it all the time to keep it runing right sucks. Give me computer tuned EFI any day, especially on a daily driver!

[nando]

BTW: MPG on the nova is 14.. :shock: Not that bad for a 350? :oops:

modern 350 (LS1 etc) gets 30+mpg.... and make more power than their carbed ancestors.

[schnitzer teil-jäger]

carbs suck EOD

been there done that on m10 and m20.

CARBS SUCK EOD

WES

[kylebes1]

so wait, nascars gets bad mileage, therefore carbs are inefficient? wow, thats reasoning as retarded as i've ever heard


Properly adjusted carbs, like the webbers I had in my Porsche, got over 24mpg on the highway, not too bad for a 1972 motor and short gearing

My reasoning is that to achieve 800 hp with carb you just dump as much gas in as you can burn and then some. I am sure not everyone with a carb is trying for 800, jnro should they, but SEFI is a few steps ahead.

[LowR3V'in]

been there done that on m10 and m20.

What was in it? Do you have any pics?

[schnitzer teil-jäger]

m10 was a 320i
m20 was that damn 320/6 in the early 80's with the rochester that sucked
and
m20 #2 was another e21 with triple side drafts way too much for a 292 cam. would have been better with a 316 or 328 race cam and track only but streetability was REV REV REV every light. Remember this was the 80's and carbs were better than CIS but not a match for Ljet or jetronic
wes

[mcgrath]

carbs suck EOD

been there done that on m10 and m20.

CARBS SUCK EOD

WES

don't shit on carbs. I run a single mikuni phh sidedraft on my 85 318 (m10) which is bone stock other than msd coil and wires. I have taken it up to 118 MPH with room left to push the pedal. I have only had to adjust it when I was changing my jets. Other than that i have been running it for 5 months without having to adjust the carb.

[kylebes1]

man mcgrath, wish my m10 would have pushed my car past 110! i was able to do about 110, but it took about 2 miles and i think i was pushoing my foot through the floor!

[mikeedler]

the old 4bbl on the E21 320s really did suck, they never ran right! there is a company over here in germany that makes ind. throttle body setup(like the E30 M3) really nice, but it really doesnt give that much power vs. cost. weber sidedrafts rule though on the right car!!!

[BavarianBimmer]

For a daily driver I wouldn't recommend an carb, M10 on carb uses more fuel than a 320i with a rough driving style :?

[skat 325is]

Can you say "Throttle response."

Tunning carbs can be a bit annoying, i guess it all depends the purpose of the car.

[moatilliatta]

well its 2007. i wanna hear what people have to say now... and if they have any experience, what was the weather like where they drove the car