why not carby ????

[ka24de2006]

hellowell i was thinking today and found out that"why not getting a a holley and a custom intake manifold and save all the money for an ecu and the hassle of programming?"so what do you think ?isit agood idea ? can it actually be done ?

[Tyler]

i doubt you would save any money going custom like that. you can buy a chipped ecu for right around 300-350 anyways..

[ka24de2006]

what?are you joking my aim is for way more thanwhat the stock ecu can handle (500-600hp)and custom intake mani = 100 bucks ( a friends offer)and the 750 cfm holley =225 Bucks (with vacuum secs)and holley tuning kit =100 bucks=425 bucksmy" fuel managment "and capable for 500+hp and for only 425 bucksand you tell me you can get that with an ecu for less than 2000ha ha no waymore opinions pls

[480sx]

Stock ecu can do 500+ hp.

You could do a MS2 full stand alone setup, 500 bucksTuning, 500-1000injectors 200-450.

Under 2g's.

[SR24DET]

I'm not a huge carb guy, nor do I know alot about carbs. My question is, can you tune a carb just as well as a fuel injected car? I was under the impression that you couldnt and that was one of the benifits of going to fuel injected. I could be wrong. Im just thinking in my mind, if carbed cars were go good, why did everyone upgrade to fuel injected. Also, if I am correct in that you cant tune a carbed motor as good as a fuel injected one(which i might not be) a big part of having high and reliable HP is a good tune. Just my 2 cents.

[pancho y onions]

Unless ya want a lot of headaches in adjusting your carb id say try to avoid it. Also Are ya planning to turbo the car? If so i say having your ecu chipped is the cheaper way cause of one thing. All ya do is plug the darn thing in and thats it.

[Tyler]

what?are you joking my aim is for way more thanwhat the stock ecu can handle (500-600hp)and custom intake mani = 100 bucks ( a friends offer)and the 750 cfm holley =225 Bucks (with vacuum secs)and holley tuning kit =100 bucks=425 bucksmy" fuel managment "and capable for 500+hp and for only 425 bucksand you tell me you can get that with an ecu for less than 2000ha ha no waymore opinions pls

sorry for trying to help, go ahead an buy yourself a headache, i dont give a ****.

[kouki_hmongster]

hellowell i was thinking today and found out that"why not getting a a holley and a custom intake manifold and save all the money for an ecu and the hassle of programming?"so what do you think ?isit agood idea ? can it actually be done ?

i dont know what the heck holley is but if you're talkign about downgrading to carb then something is wrong here. if you are doing n/a then get ITB instead. But this is all up to you, save yourself the money and gain a lot of headache vs. spend the right amount of money and less headache. plus i dont think carb is as efficient as fuel injection. GL

[Chris28]

You will never make more power for less money with a carb setup vs an efi system. You can get rom tunes for i think 850cc max, and if you max that out you better be pushing around 700-800 horsepower.

Stick with the efi system, it's cheaper, more efficient, and more cost effective.

Edit: sorry if I came off sounding mean haha. If you can pull it off more props to you, but it's a lot easier to stick with technology that came on the car to begin with.

[WDRacing]

arbs made for FI aren't $250...

Fuel injection owns carb when it comes to forced induction. Save money? You've got to be kidding. You can't compare a top of the line EMS system with a used Holley...gtfo. What are you doing with ignition? Oh yeah...you forgot that part.

Read/learn/rethink/repost...in that order.

WD

[s13rb25det]

turbo+carbs=

[AZ89two4Tsx]

I remember seeing a carb'd sohc around here somewhere but it was N/A. Anyways, why do you want to get 600+ HP out of a 4cyl? Unless you're gonna be in some special class for racing, what's the point? I know people are die hard KA, SR, CA fans but you gotta draw the line somewhere right?

[motoman399]

i think you should do it. do something different. i think you can tune a carb just fine. never ran one boosted but i know it can be done. good luck

[480sx]

O/C you can run boost with a carb fine, people do it all the time. One of my good friends runs a 351 carbed with a s362 on it. The guy got pissed at the problems he was having with his EFI system and switched back to carbs. Thing puts down 600-700 hp at 12 psi.

However for a daily driver, carbs are not ideal at all. No getting around it. If this is just a fun car maybe.. Still kinda stupid.