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Carb curiosity.....

Reply #30 –
I thought they were SEFI, but wasnt sure enough to say anything.  lol
Mike

Carb curiosity.....

Reply #31 –
vinnie, if you getting rid of any EFI parts let me know... I'm in need of a few to convert the vert to EFI
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Carb curiosity.....

Reply #32 –
Will do Jerry. I still have headers for you when you're ready for them. Send me a list of what you will be needing. If I keep EFI, I'll help you find parts. If not, then you're covered. Either way, I'll do my best for you. ONYFTA !!!
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Carb curiosity.....

Reply #33 –
Well my laptop died while typing my first response, and it took me about 20 minutes, so I'm going to abbreviate this one a bit. It's funny, Carb guys want to go EFI, and now EFI guys want to go Carb.

I know this thread is about what you would need to make it work. And I imagine the list you have is fairly complete, but I would keep the harness. It'd plug it and keep it in the car incase you want to go back(Which I think you will). It'd use a regulator and keep your current pump, that way you can adjust it and get another psi or tweak it if you need it.

Secondly, once EFI is dialed in, and fuel maps created, they are done, barring any catastrophic changed. Carbs always have to be changed. 20 degrees and humidity/elevation and make a carb barely operate. Going up steep inclines, etc can all have an effect on carbs. They are almost never tuned perfect, there's always a give or take. Bigger jets, for more top end, but you lose responsiveness. You may never get it perfect, and the time you'd have spent converting it, you could spend on fixing whatever problem you're having with the stock setup. Change the exhaust on the car, your carb may need to be tuned, again. To me, it seems like it would be counter productive. EFI and computers can compensate for minor things. I'm just trying to give you a taste of what you may experience.

Which I couldn't find a thread about, what's going on? Maybe we can help?

Now I don't know what carb you'd chose, it would probably be somewhere around a 650-700 cfm. It'd shy away from Edelbrock. Secondly, carbs are "open" systems, so if you romp on it, or are cruising down the highway, and let off, you sometimes may smell fuel. The cam specs aren't in your sig, but if you have a high lift cam, you may need a vacuum canisters to your distributors vacuum advance.

I know people here will argue that carbs can have the same atomization as Fuel Injection, and thats true, but FI and the computers are infinitely tunable, where as carbs/jets/metering rods are stepped, and your engine may be better suited with something other than what's available. I feel like this would especially apply to you whereas you aren't stock.