DSGB_4_life

Ok im tired of all these darn computers and sensiors i have on this car. So would switching to the edelbrock Carb kit get rid of at least some of them? i was told i would make more keeping it EFI...True or False? ANY HELP????

ysb02

EFI > carb. What exactly is making you frustrated?

DSGB_4_life

the fact that every time i do something theres always some type of program or something that has to be changed or tuned. im wondering if i change it to carb if it will just get rid of most of the computer hassle.

ramdaspadhye

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Yezzir. You ever messed with carbs before?

DSGB_4_life

not really but my dad has built and raced cars for a long time so he knows a lot about them. i know that you do have to tune them depending on the weather and the altitude. but its still less than what i gotta go thru now. they have a nice sound to them too when there running on carb. i just dont want to lose power thats all.

ramdaspadhye

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You won't lose power as long as whoever tunes it knows what they're doing. Get yourself a wideband so you won't have to pull plugs every 10 mins. Get a good carb with removable air bleeds so you can tune it nicely

jimmyblue

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The few straight-up comparos I've seen, seem to show
carb the same or better HP than injected. But it's going
to be a hack-job bitch to get a carb under the cowl on
a 4th-gen.

Unless you found a 75mm side-draft

DSGB_4_life

Yea I know that there will be some modification that'll need to be done but long as it benefits me in the long run im fine with it. a mechanic by where I live said that if I put that kit on my check engine light with stay on and I won't ever be able to get the car inspected yall know if that’s true or not?

Z28/2002

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If your state does OBDII inspections, you won't pass. If you run the 6LS box and completely do away with the ECM(like I did) the SES light can't come on.

tripblackls1

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why not just buy hp tuners, and learn to tune the car yourself??

honestly unless the car is full out race car and has more than 1200 hp i see going carb as a step backwards
hell then the next thing you can do is put leaf springs on it too!!

68 RS Convertible

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Wow, I have a carb on my 6.0 and leaf springs in the back of my first gen camaro. I think I'm slightly offended by that statement.

jimmyblue

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I've done pretty well with HPTuners and tuning the Camaro through
the usual mod-ups, but I have to say that in 25+ years of low-rent
beater-drivin' I have spent a lot less time, effort, money on carbs
and distributors than on the couple of EFI vehicles I have owned.
One carb costs like one set of injectors, only any Shade Tree Joe
can clean and rebuild a carb. And if you run out of carb you just
go a little slower than possible, while running out of injector makes
holes in stuff. I had a Cadillac that ran OK enough, that I was
surprised when I went to rebuild the carb on a whim and found
the bowl full of lawn clippings. They're just much more forgiving.
Don't ask me how the crud got in there. But a little bit of fine
silt will just ruin your EFI (been there, twice). And you've got to
love all the closed-loop sensor-happy comedy potential.

Yeah, yeah, modern electronics, diddy-wah-do. I work with it all
day long. Nothing like that, to make you mistrust complexity.

DSGB_4_life

Sorry stupid question but....your saying i need to run the msd box that comes in the kit and use the 6LS box as like my ECM?? or just run the 6LS??

Z28/2002

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if you run the 6LS(part # 6010) as a stand alone

DSGB_4_life

ok i think thats what im gonna do thanks.

1_bad_ss

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Is there any way to run factory gauges when doing this