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My VIN: 16510 and carbureted
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The low pressure required for a carb is the one big advantage I see of going carb. A regulator with the OEM fuel pump should really make that pump run forever. Current draw of a regulated OEM pump should run close to a low pressure pump. So if you have a working fuel system why not leave it.
The two disadvantages of going carb are less MPG (your mixture will change with altitude and other variables) and non-regulated idle speed (AC on, cold engine warmup, etc).
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Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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My VIN: 16510 and carbureted
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We have a fast idle thingie that can be set to make it idle high until the engine is warmed up. It works very nicely. We do loose a little gas mileage yes, but its a trade off I'm willing to accept for reliability.
Whats funny is in some instances I get high gas mileage compared to a poor running K-Jet system. Properly tuned/running K-Jet or EFI should be us in gas mileage any day though. We would have to be complete idiots to argue against that.
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Regardless of the fuel delivery option MPG is dependent mainly on the fuel available. I have seen the exact same car with a difference of minimum 5mpg due to fuel quality.
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Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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My VIN: 16510 and carbureted
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