Bill Clinton got electric cars right

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

it was in the mid 80's that carburation started going away.

Fuel injection didn't increase "efficiency". They allow for "dirtier fuel" to be used (thus the requirement for catalytic converters in cars to keep excess crap from coming through exhausts).

What you say is true I think another major player that helped push out carbonation was the increased use of computers in cars.Before they could be electronically controlled fuel injection was only found on some very high performance cars.

Catalytic converters on the other hand became a requirement of the DOT back in 1975 about ten years before fuel injection became standard. Fuel injection became popular because it can be more easily controlled electronically and could be tied into an electronic emissions control system.A fuel injection is also simply put a more efficient way to deliver fuel so it in theory actually is more fuel efficient than a carburetor and in modern cars produced in that last few years the fuel injection system is highly efficient.

Ask any shade tree mechanic how hard to can be to get a pesky carb running smoothly.It can be a real chore if especially on a multi carb setup.It took me weeks to get the triple Webbers on my '72 240 working just right.

This article explains it well
http://autos.yahoo.com/maintain/repa...ques075_4.html