2.0 needs more power

[Mark_88]

Honestly, for passing emissions on a $1200 budget I'd buy an EFI tank and pump/sender ($225) and pull a complete EFI 2.3 from the boneyard with harness and ECU ($400-$500). Money left over for a compatible/new cat converter and you hit your 100HP goal and pass smog.

I have $1100 in the head on my carbed motor, and it's far from radical. Just a more aggressive cam, fairly extensive port work, .020 deck, 3-angle valve job and new bearings/components.

Could have been 60% of that if I'd have done the porting and assembly myself, I guess. At the time I didn't have a place to work on it, so I paid the shop.

$1200 will buy you a lot more fun in junkyard parts for a carbed motor if emissions is not a concern.

True...but it ruins half the fun of the carb setup...that is getting it right and knowing that you did it yourself...mostly...

The EFI has its' own set of problems and that's primarily why I have been reluctant to go that route...sensors, wiring swaps, tank removal and return line installation can be a pita...not to mention the diagnostics involved when one of the sensors goes south...and having two fuel pumps to deal with...

And, should we ever get blasted with a electromagnetic pulse from the various sources, it pretty much fries your computer...lol...

I actually met a guy last summer who was laughing when that EMP scare was announced...said because his truck is carbed with no computer it would be one of the few vehicles that can run afterwards...I said I'd race him...

 

[John Smith]

This is why I'm using a carb...

True...but it ruins half the fun of the carb setup...that is getting it right and knowing that you did it yourself...mostly...

The EFI has its' own set of problems and that's primarily why I have been reluctant to go that route...sensors, wiring swaps, tank removal and return line installation can be a pita...not to mention the diagnostics involved when one of the sensors goes south...and having two fuel pumps to deal with...

And, should we ever get blasted with a electromagnetic pulse from the various sources, it pretty much fries your computer...lol...

I actually met a guy last summer who was laughing when that EMP scare was announced...said because his truck is carbed with no computer it would be one of the few vehicles that can run afterwards...I said I'd race him...

We have this concept in common ..I have one B2 that runs really well EFI...but i like the idea of having at least one vehicle that i can run with a coil and a can of gas or alcohol, or whatever will burn with a little ingenuity...

as a side note..how about using an knifedged EFI lower, and mount that 0.98 on it and pump a little NOX thru the injector holes during that little RACE?...( just another way to go)

Mornin Bro"

 

[Mark_88]

We have this concept in common ..I have one B2 that runs really well EFI...but i like the idea of having at least one vehicle that i can run with a coil and a can of gas or alcohol, or whatever will burn with a little ingenuity...

as a side note..how about using an knifedged EFI lower, and mount that 0.98 on it and pump a little NOX thru the injector holes during that little RACE?...( just another way to go)

Mornin Bro"

Now that is something that I have considered...I thought that would be an excellent way to introduce NOX on a carbed engine...and I've also thought about it as a way to dump air into the mix under pressure (a non-turbo type of turbo charging)...

Has anyone done this or is this what some people use "on board air" for?

Afternoon to you John~

 

[John Smith]

If they can do....

Now that is something that I have considered...I thought that would be an excellent way to introduce NOX on a carbed engine...and I've also thought about it as a way to dump air into the mix under pressure (a non-turbo type of turbo charging)...

Has anyone done this or is this what some people use "on board air" for?

Afternoon to you John~

going back to the days of Paxton Superchargers....how about air injection?...good idea..maybe a whole new form of momentary power...with special blenders of fuel/air....."power-in-a-bottle"....

(I've actually been thinking of mounting my turbo on a N/A Carbed motor as Blow-thru)..the advantage....absolutely NO Electrical wiring involved...the POSSIBLE dis-advantage...absolutely NO electrical wiring involved..we'll keep thinking about it....

Have a great redeemed day man...

 

[flaminranger]

that is too funny I was talking to a friend about doing a blow thru system on my truck.
but to do it you need the solid floatbowls and the fuel pressure needs to increase 1 pound to every pound of boost.also you need a waste gate and a blow off valve as well.
I don't know how hard it would be to convert a weber but it would be fun to try.
I thought about a holley 400 4 barrel on a efi lower with a adapter plate.