Yeah, fuel injection is nice, but carburetors work fairly effectively, too.
What really improves fuel efficiency is how the engine itself is designed, and how good your transmission is. Automatic transmissions only became better than the drivers who prefer manuals once they started incorporating computer controls there as well.
And it'd be nice if we could get the EPA to lay off a bunch of other stupid rules and restrictions that simply cater to the automotive industry. For example, how many of you guys knew that it's illegal to import an engine block from outside the USA? The EPA claims that it's because the emission systems those blocks are made for don't meet their standards - which is really laughable because places like Japan have much more stringent air pollution controls than we have here. No, the real reason is because the automotive industry wants to keep the world market for engine blocks closed off to consumers here in the USA - since we seem to blow through them so quickly due to negligence and all.
Me? I want the freakin' 2.5L turbo diesel engine that's an option for my truck outside the USA. Aside from some exhaust mods (and maybe some fuel system mods, too) it's a direct swap into my truck.
What really improves fuel efficiency is how the engine itself is designed, and how good your transmission is. Automatic transmissions only became better than the drivers who prefer manuals once they started incorporating computer controls there as well.
And it'd be nice if we could get the EPA to lay off a bunch of other stupid rules and restrictions that simply cater to the automotive industry. For example, how many of you guys knew that it's illegal to import an engine block from outside the USA? The EPA claims that it's because the emission systems those blocks are made for don't meet their standards - which is really laughable because places like Japan have much more stringent air pollution controls than we have here. No, the real reason is because the automotive industry wants to keep the world market for engine blocks closed off to consumers here in the USA - since we seem to blow through them so quickly due to negligence and all.
Me? I want the freakin' 2.5L turbo diesel engine that's an option for my truck outside the USA. Aside from some exhaust mods (and maybe some fuel system mods, too) it's a direct swap into my truck.