Another "Is Fuel Injection a Worthwhile Upgrade?" Question

Like everything else, it comes down to what you're doing with the car. For a car that most people will only use on the weekends during the summer, I don't think it makes much sense. Especially if you're decent at tuning a carburetor. You might see some benefits if you get the EFI set up properly, but for the cost and labor of converting over I don't think the EFI is going to pay dividends.

I've gone back and forth a bunch, because I daily drive my Duster. It's my commuter. And the benefits of EFI- no warm up, no choke, better mileage, etc all make sense. Just like it does for most people with a modern commuter, there's a convenience of use there that you do not get with a carb. I'd rather not have a bunch of computer stuff on my car, I like my cars to be simple. Air/Fuel/Spark, piece of cake. No sensors or computers to worry about, if something isn't right you know where to start.

But the EFI conversions have gotten a lot better. They're not perfect, but they're far better and easier to install/tune than just a few years ago. They don't require you to be a computer programmer to get them tuned right. For me, I think it's probably only a matter of time before I convert at least one of my cars over because of how I use them. If they were just my "fun" cars I doubt I'd even consider it. But when I go out to start my Duster to go to work when it's 38°F and raining I think having EFI will be a heck of a lot nicer.

As for the "people with all these problems"- an EFI conversion is still a pretty involved process. And even some really small mistakes and oversights can cause big headaches. If you aren't a little computer savvy, and I don't mean programming, then the install can be problematic. Little, simple stuff like ground wires and proper voltages make a BIG difference. Like success and failure. Yeah, it's easy to blame the installer, but in most cases that's where a lot of the problems start. As much as improvements have been made, it's still a complicated installation. You have to install complex and sensitive sensors and computers properly on a car that was never designed to have any of that stuff. And aftermarket anything means some finagling on cars of this age.