i was wondering why i see so many mean street machines with carbs and not fuel injection. im building up a 351w and am wondering what i should be preparing for. any advice or knowledge would help A LOT! thanks

 

Carbs are easier for the average mechanic to work on. But injection is the beter system overall

 

ive seen plenty of mean EFI street machines. open up any mustang magazine and there you go.

i have seen quite a few threads like this in the 5.0 section. try taking a look there.

 

so go with fuel injection?

 

i dont have any experience with a carb so i really dont know how much help i can be on this topic.

if i were you i would head over to the 5.0 section to get some more educated responses.

 

Not too sure either. I know that NASCAR uses Carb'd engines...So they must be good[8D]

 

carb FTW!! they are easy to tune unlike an efi system where you need to get the ECU chipped or tuned by a pro,

 

knowldege....fuel injecion are limited to how much each injector will pump out.(so are carbs but its only 4 bolts to change) it is more fuel effeciant, (injectors) but thats about it. you can buy heavier injectors but they are still running off you ecu. with carb setup you can dial in to your EXACT setup by chaning jets and timing..... the mean strip street guys will have up to $3000 just in the carb.

 

looks like your from CA. you can't get too mean and pass smog.
my plans are forstreet legal HP with EFI.

 

EFI is better in everyway except you can't push start your car...

...if that's a concern... go carb, otherwise, find a good tech, or get familiar/proficient with your EFI system.