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« on: May 02, 2006, 20:26:51 »
im thinking of doing away with my efi for a weber or holley carb,due too the simplisity of it,just wondering if any one as any exsperiance or recomendations with this sort of set up for off road use.  :D

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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2006, 22:51:33 »
Stick a pair of su's on it if it's a 3.5 and save youself £500
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2006, 22:56:08 »
nooo
a holley or weber will make you weap ofroad,

save yourself the ££ & fit twin SU's or injection
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2006, 23:38:14 »
Cant argue with the above.  I have had a Holly to bits, more bits, bits more bits all over the place
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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2006, 01:57:05 »
Why, there is a reason LR went to EFi.  Firstly no float chamber to f**k up and that's reason enough.

Secondly it's (open to opinion) more tunable and capable of delivering up to 200bhp (the changes to heads, manifolds and cams made up for most of the extra power though).
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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2006, 08:32:06 »
EFI systems 'in working order' will give better performance, emissions and econamy than carbs. Carbs can be pritty good but require a lot of time and effort to set up just right.



I presume you want to chuck the EFI because of reliability issues, in which case have you thought about fitting a different EFI system?

There are a lot of people building kit cars and converting them from carb to EFI, one of the cheapest and simplest systems used is called mega squirt. Mega squirt is not the last word in performance EFI, but from what i've heard its cheap, effective, and reliable.
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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2006, 09:04:29 »
If the EFi is working, why change?  Plug and play, no fiddling.  If you are after more performance there are still many options available with the ECU route.

Which have you got 3.5, 3.9, bigger?

If its a 3.5 then probably the cheapest performance upgrade would be to swap it for a 3.9!

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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2006, 18:54:53 »
And the 3.9 camshaft
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« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2006, 21:16:49 »
thanks for the replys, seems you dont like the idear of carbs, so ill stick to my efi
thanks for your help :D

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« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2006, 23:00:54 »
carbs are good,just not a holley or a webber
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