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Ruddyboys is right, if your FI is working and working good, leave it. The FI is far more efficient and will get you better gas milage. To run carbs, you really should run a different cam designed for carbs. I run 45 Dellorto's and would not even try to run them with a stock cam as it would just flood it out. I am running a 295 duration with a 498 lift cam as opposed to the stock FI cam. I am not sure of what the stock lift and duration are. I know from experience the the gas milage drops dramatically. The horsepower is also increased but cost wise, it is not a wise choice. New carb kits for 44 Webers would cost you at least $500 and up and the cam and lifters would cost you another $250 and up. Since you will be replacing the cam, that means splitting the case and you may as well go ahead and do a rebuild. That gets into a lot more money. If the car is running good now, why would you want to change it? I have almost $3000.00 into my 2270 rebuild and it is not even in the car yet. The whole thing has got me depressed. Why put yourself through all that? Good luck.
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