The only performance-oriented Pontiac V-8 ever fitted with electronic fuel metering was the turbocharged 301 and T/A 4.9 of the early '80s. An onboard computer was fed information from several sensors ...

We often talk about the benefits of fuel injection on off-road vehicles. Generally, these systems run more reliably than carbureted systems, but they are, at the end of the day, a bit more complex ...

Carburetors get a bad rap. They honestly are a lot easier to work with and a lot more reliable than people think they are. They’re just not as easyt o work with as an EFI system, which is hands-off ...

I'm of a particular generation. Well we all are, actually. But mine is the one whose auto shop teacher proclaimed that fuel injection would take over everything. And we found that patently comical.

In order for a petrol engine to run at its most efficient, fuel must be metered into it in precise amounts. If it is supplied with too much fuel then it will run 'rich', causing excessive fuel ...

In the beginning, there were horses and buggies (and buggy whip makers). Then, around 1860, some clever folks figured out that mixing oil-derived “gasoline” with ...

ST Microelectronics developed a Small Engine EFI reference design and is teamed up with Arrow Electronics to supply these boards quickly to customers. See Figure 1. What is the advantage 1 of ...

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 ...