Well, I've come to a decision over this... I'm going to shelve this idea for the time being, and pick up a small block for the rat rod. I'm going to keep the 3.0, and whenever I'm bored with the rod or have a few extra bucks, I'm going to re-visit the idea until I've proved you all wrong :)

 

performance has never been a part of the discussions with his project. Carb offers the look that is normal to his vision. The ratrod will most likely have an exposed engine. carb offers maybe 2 wires total, compared to the miriad (sp?) of wires associated with a fuelie.


As stated, its probably not "doable". If it was, it would be the natural choice in his application.

a lot of serious car show enthusiasts swap out for carbs just for the cleanliness and balance it offers. Some of those guys don;t give a hoot since they probably trailer them anyway.

For those that drive, the weight reductions (rat rod with no hood, no fenders, etc, etc, etc) can easily offset the lost perfromance. My s-10 that I converted to carb ran a best of 13.01 quarter mile. with nitrous. the best I ran with fuel injected/nitrous was a 14.79. There was a "little" weight reduction done on the carb run.

 

chris- above is my carb conversion on a 4.3L s-10. It was done on a cheap scale. I ripped out everything I could.

 

Wow, very nice. That's the exact look I was hoping to get with the 3.0, but as has been said, I don't think I'll be able to get it working within 10 years.

 

how would you tune your truck after doing this? doesnt the ecu control alot more parts of the engine other than the emissions system?

i dont see the purpose at all. sounds like a lot of headachs and unneeded stress to pull this off

 

see that msd box thats pretty much all you need

 

toche...