Originally Posted by
tabetha
There's millions of cars running 100% perfectly with carbs
My idea of perfectly is that they give the correct fuelling under all circumstances, so for best possible economy at part throttle and best possible power at full throttle.
NO carb engine has ever acheived that IMHO
although efficiency wise carbs don't touch efi, they can still do a ace job when set right, they did so for a lot more years than efi has been about for example.
tabetha
They were better than walking, but they are massively out of date now and 1.35 a litre, petrol is worth worrying about so economy DOES matter IMHO