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WestfaliaMike Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2017 Posts: 257
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 3:53 pm Post subject: Fuel Injection or Carburetor |
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Bought my van with all the fuel injection removed. It was a failed project from the pervious owener. He had all the parts to converted to carburetor. I continued with his idea, finished with everything, got it running pretty good.
The question, I have a parts van with everything to convert it back to Fuel Injection.
So fuel injection or carburetor? |
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chompy Samba Member
Joined: August 12, 2014 Posts: 400 Location: Cascade Locks
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Injection or Carburetor |
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Fuel injection all the way. Just replace the vacuum lines and any other ancillary parts when you install it and you'll notice the difference right away. My van originally came with a carb. While I actually prefer working on carbs since they are nice and basic, the fuel injection just makes more sense and gets better gas mileage. Not sure if you need to pass smog, but thats another reason to switch back to efi. _________________ '81 Westfalia Subaru EJ22
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WestfaliaMike Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2017 Posts: 257
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Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Injection or Carburetor |
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Thank you. Anyone else? _________________ 1981 Vanagon Westfalia
1983 Vanagon Passanger (Parts Vehicle)
2016 Passat TSI |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22639 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 9:26 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Injection or Carburetor |
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It's all covered in post number 2 _________________ .ssS! |
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delmar acer Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2015 Posts: 21 Location: San Felipe, Baja, Ca
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:24 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Injection or Carburetor |
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chompy wrote: |
Fuel injection all the way. Just replace the vacuum lines and any other ancillary parts when you install it and you'll notice the difference right away. My van originally came with a carb. While I actually prefer working on carbs since they are nice and basic, the fuel injection just makes more sense and gets better gas mileage. Not sure if you need to pass smog, but thats another reason to switch back to efi. |
I have an '82 Westy 2.0 air cooled that was converted to a center mount Weber carb and no choke hookup. Beside it's being a wrong idea , I have no EFI parts. I added Electronic ignition. Does anyone have any experience with having both dual carb's and intake manifolds, and factory EFI, and how that performs?
Also, where to get the EFI parts, just in case?
Thanks _________________ Purchased an '82 Vanagon Westy last year and been giving it some good ol' attention. |
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MarkWard Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2005 Posts: 17110 Location: Retired South Florida
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Injection or Carburetor |
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Hello, there was a recent thread where a member had dual carbs and hot the engine was hard to start. Consensus seemed to be boiling fuel was flooding the engine when it shut off. It was a tight fit under the vanagon deck with air filters. Did not hear back from the member what he ended up doing.
For dual carbs to work, the engine needs to have 4 equal cylinders to get a good tune. They also need to be properly jetted for your application. Carb linkage is probably the most critical. It must be stout and able to let both follow each other equally.
For a complete fuel injection setup you will need to shop around for a used system. They are out there. _________________ ☮️ |
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the joker Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2006 Posts: 1287
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Injection or Carburetor |
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There is a factory setup , used in europe mostly, center mountd Solex pic 5 with heated manifold
maybe abe to find one here or canada.
I have been running it for years on my 84 westy t25 2.1l |
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WestfaliaMike Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2017 Posts: 257
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Injection or Carburetor |
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Ill be honest, im pretty happy with the way mine runs. No issues except a little finicky when starting sometimes. _________________ 1981 Vanagon Westfalia
1983 Vanagon Passanger (Parts Vehicle)
2016 Passat TSI |
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