May 2008
 

Hello fellow car enthusiasts.

Article of the month - Carbs vs EFI
This month's feature - Shopping cart finally up
Specials of the month
Advertisers
Website Features
 
Article of the month

Carbs vs EFI (By Riaan S)

If I had to tell you that EFI is better than Carbs, I would get a hell of a lot of critisizm and moaning from the Carburetor fans. The same goes vice versa. All I can do is show you the facts and proven dyno testing. I'm expecting alot of emails regarding this so go ahead and tell us your views on this article.

The main things about this argument is "Which makes more power?" or "Which is more reliable?". In my opinion, the only time I would recommend using a carb, is if you have an old car and would like to keep everything very simplistic. If your stuck in the middle of the road, there is a better chance you can make a plan with a carb than an EFI system. With all the new features, comes more things to troubleshoot. Also you might not have a laptop on hand to sort out the fuel injection programming etc. Luckily these days, many aftermarket fuel management systems are very reliable and if done probably, not much can go wrong.

So which makes more power? EFI. Yes indeed. We have done many carb to fuel injection conversions and have seen the results ourselves. A well tuned carburettor will work well but a well tuned EFI system will work even better. Have a look at an actual test been done: http://www.popularhotrodding.com/enginemasters/articles/hardcore/0305em_holley/index.html

Carburetors are great for ideal conditions which don't change often. These conditions are actually very hard to find. EFI on the other hand can compensate for these conditions by getting input from the various sensors they contain i.e. water temperature, air temperature, and many others. If you have a carb, you will find that you will have to change jets and tune your carb to work with the current conditions.

Heres a comparison list I found in my archives:

  CARB EFI
Winter Drivability  Poor   Excellent
Summer Drivebility Excellent Excellent
Skill Level Required Average Advanced
Initial Cost Low High
Long term cost High Average
Performance Good Even better
Turbo applications Poor Excellent
NOS applications Good Good
Emissions friendly Poor Excellent
Reliability Good Excellent
Fuel Distribution Fair Excellent

You make up your own mind! Any questions, feel free to contact me. (Att: Riaan on the Snails On Steroids contact form)

 
 

Monthly Feature -

Online Shopping Cart released late but running great

After much hard work and midnight oil, our only shopping cart is finally working. The final changes are going to be implemented soon. Please feel free to compare our prices with other companies out there. And remember, we deliver world-wide. We are carefully testing our products out to see which are working well as not to rip off the customer. That is why we will not sell you something like the Turbonator or anything similar to that. If there are any products that you do not recommend, please feel free to let us know.

 

Specials of the month

Exclusive offer only to our newsletter readers: (Same specials - have a few left in stock). Lots more specials to come soon!

Ultra comfortable small racing steering wheel with advanced horn switch. Beautifully chromed. One of our best sellers.

R160 (Price includes VAT)

This and most aftermarket steering wheels require a custom boss kit / hub to fit onto the steering wheel. These are available by us and at most aftermarket accessory stores.

Usually goes for R260.

(Still have 13 in stock at this time)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most beautiful Golf MK2 Lexus style tailights in our opinion from JDM Tuning. Usually go for R1200 at most shops if you can get them!

They are yours for only R900 a set and only while stocks last.

This special is strictly for our newsletter readers. 1 per reader. If you are not a reader yet, you may subscribe on our website at http://www.snailsonsteroids.co.za

2 Left in Stock

 

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Website Features

Automotive Directory - Currently new but we expect it to grow very quickly.

Car Articles - New articles will be added soon. If you would like to contribute, let us know

Online Shop - We won't be convering that one again. Check it out!

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