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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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so what are your thoughts on the two, and what are the advantages and disadvantages, is it worth swaping MFI to EFI?
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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Did you really just ask that question
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well.....can't think of to many advantages to mfi over efi to be honest!!! Swappin to efi is definately the way to go, gives u loads more flexibility when settin your car up.....more accurate fuellin, better fuel economy, the ability to 'map' your car properly.....the list goes on!!! Do it....go efi!!!
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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You forgot the best bit, your car will actually start when its cold
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Default Re: so what is better EFI or MFI and why?

Originally Posted by fast_ford_uk
is it worth swaping MFI to EFI?
er,no!!
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by SafeChav
You forgot the best bit, your car will actually start when its cold
must be something wrong with yours then
mine starts from cold every time with no problem
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Originally Posted by SafeChav
You forgot the best bit, your car will actually start when its cold
lol.....yeah you're right there!!!! I have to say tho, never really have any problems with mine startin, leave it a week or so and she always fires straight up!! More annoyin is that the meterin units are old now and generally unreliable....in the process of puttin omex management on mine which should sort everythin out
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Well yer so does mine, but it takes a few revolutionsfrom stone cold. First click everytime there after
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Did you really just ask that question
we all star some where....
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by fast_ford_uk
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Did you really just ask that question
we all star some where....
i know im only playing

EFI wanks all over MFI and would eat it for breakfast
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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my mfi was mint made 290 hp and was the fastest mfi car i think 157.6
only thing i like about efi is its much easyier to set up or alter when things are changed on the engine i would say up to 250 hp there is no point.
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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It's so not worth the hassle unless u are drastically changing things. Gertting a decent map is a big problem. The smoothness and driveability from a nice MFi system is very hard to beat, especially with a mappable 5th injector.
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