The days of electronic fuel injection referred to as Black Magic are over. It has taken hot rodders long enough to figure out carburetion, and with the advent of EFI, the fear of "something new" ...
The carbureted car and truck era phased out by the early '90s. Carbs are still in use today on a few motorcycles, lawn mowers, and other power equipment, but electronic fuel injection (EFI) is ...
If you own an '81-'90 4.2L (258ci)-powered Jeep, there's something lurking behind your local Mopar dealer's parts counter that will interest you. It's called the Mopar Performance Jeep 4.2 Liter ...
Here’s how you started a car with a carburetor on a cold morning back in the “good old days.” You’d pull out the choke, pump the throttle a few times, and turn the key. If you didn’t overdo it and ...
The earliest and simplest type of fuel injection, single-point simply replaces the carburetor with one or two fuel-injector nozzles in the throttle body, which is the throat of the engine’s air intake ...
The benefits and shortcomings of EFI versus carburetion is a hot and ongoing battle in the hot rod community-and one that we're not going to engage in for this feature. No, for this one we're going to ...
Fuel injectors don't just deliver fuel. They meter it, shaping the spray so the air-fuel mixture burns in the way the engine wants it to. When deposits build up, injector fuel flow can decrease and ...
Anyone who has gone to school to learn how to repair engines of all types, such as myself, will have learned the fundamentals of how they work. It's crucial for troubleshooting and diagnosing engine ...
Vehicle fuel injectors are integral to a car's engine fuel delivery system. Fuel injectors are responsible for delivering the right fuel at the right time. Gasoline and diesel-powered engines of all ...
Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...
Most new petrol cars you see today are equipped with fuel injection systems or injector motors. These have almost wholly supplanted older carburetor motors. They are more reliable, effective, and ...