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I had carb cars from age 16 to age 19 when I bought my 74 914 2.0. Fuel injection is superior in all respects except maybe visual with the 6 one barrels of a early 911.
Then in 1991 I bough my El Camino. It had a Rotten-chester carb that never ran very well. Lots of hesitation, and cold weather starts really sucked. I even visited the local "carb guru" and had him rebuilt it, tune it, and install it. It still would bog down when trying to cross a busy road, nail the throttle and sit in fear as it coughed though about going and finally it decided to go.
In 2011 I had enough and built my own cobbled together throttle body system. Most of it came from a S-10. I had to find "a guy" to burn me a custom chip to work with my engine - transmission and engage lockup only in 4th gear at 50 MPH and above.
For the last 15 years it has been virtually flawless. I had to replace the throttle position switch which cost about $25. It did not have the Porsche tax.
Carbs are neat at WOT to hear the intake scream.
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Glen
50 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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