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Originally Posted by ItBites
Rodknock, you could be a lawyer (or my 12 year old) if you're not already... I did read your posts and drew summary conclusions, and while you didn't say it out-right, I reasonably concluded that EFI is not good enough for you. I can infer this because you don't have it and you stated you would buy it when it meets your criteria. The first of your stated criteria was "if they work properly" - I did use the wording "doesn't work well", but a little literary license could allow a reasonable reader to conclude that "properly" and "well" might be interchangeable? I would submit that your response here would be superfluous not because my assertion was so far off-base, but because you have no real experience or expertise in the subject matter. Hmmm?
Further, I appreciate you would like us both to race like cavemen; it is congruent with your stone-age choice of combustible mixture metering device feeding your engine.. Haha 
And to follow that, I think you might be surprised... I am likely a lot younger and in better shape than you are assuming. I do run a pretty mean 40. But lets keep it to Cobras on this "Cobra" site, shall we?
Finally, its probably best you don't ever run that car in the 1/4 mile or on any racetrack. |
So you didn't read carefully or carefully enough, because I would add EFI to my car, but I have my own criteria for EFI. If it looks great, it's plug & play, runs flawlessly 99.99% of time (even carbs have issues from time to time) and is within the ballpark of reasonableness in terms of price, then I'm a buyer. I thought about buying the old Dynatek system, because it looked like Webers, but all I heard about were the problems, setup, tuning and long term reliability. The other type of EFI that I looked into was the TWM setup, but the exposed fuel rails made the setup less than pleasing to me in terms of aesthetics. After that, I gave up on the idea.
Am I technically gifted or an expert in anything as it relates to cars and/or EFI? No. And I don't really care to be. There's more to life.
And I likely won't hit the drag strip any time soon, but it's not because of ability or lack thereof, or even worrying about hurting the Kirkham. It boils down to time. And the allocation of that precious resource.
If folks bring up their 1/4 times, it what would seem like an effort to brag about themselves and their cars, then hey, I'll bring up other types of racing, including by foot. I could be older than you, but I'm not "old."
The bottom line is, EFI is clearly a better form of fuel metering, but I would have to find a setup that meets my criteria. And while I'm waiting, I love the form, originality and functionality of the carb and turkey pan on my FE.