My point is that if you know how to use carburated engines they won't shy away from fuel injection. Engines have characteristics that you need to learn. If you have fuel maps and electronic throttle every time, you personally will never learn this.
Why do you have to learn? That is true to a certain extent for 'old technology' vehicles but it assumes that a) the individual has the ability to assimilate and apply the knowledge (I suspect very few of us have) and b) do they want to know and learn? (again I suspect they may be in the minority).
With modern vehicles doing the 'thinking' for you not only to you get better performance, lower fuel consumption and emissions, it allows the rider to concentrate on enjoying the ride.
Carbs are very good if they are properly tuned for the application, very close to FI, sometimes more powerful because fuel delivery is based on draft and demand and FI is based on programming and force feed.
You are correct that FI is is based on programming (and electronically controlled) which is based on measurements that ensure the optimum amount of fuel is delivered for a given condition. This infinitely variable and can be altered by the millisecond.
Whilst good carbs well set up for the machine can perform well those fitted to the majority of production vehicles are built to a price not in that category.
There is a reason why vehicles in modern motorsport use FI and electronic ignition..........
A responsive human being will always outsmart a computer in the conditions one drives/rides in. Fuel injection made the engine quirks obsolete to the person who doesn't want/need to learn them.
I think we will have to agree to disagree that a human can perform better than a computer. That may be the gift of a select few but for the rest of us that just isn't the case. IMO part of the reason we have ABS, stability control, drive by wire throttles is because most of us don't have the ability to react quickly enough.
Electric throttle was introduced originally because the engines were not able to respond to driver commands fast and efficient enough. Think about it: Why would you want to control throttle pedal movement at the throttle blades? You surely don't want the blades to open faster for a million different reasons. Electronic throttle slows your pedal movement down at the blades to give the engine more time to respond to its programmed parameters with smooth operation.
True, but you also turn that around and say the average driver didn't know how to use the throttle to the best effect?
I think we can agree about the benefit of a electronically controlled throttle. IMO the weak link in a vehicle will always be the person in control.
Systems that can provide safety and efficiency benefits are welcome and as I get older I need and appreciate them more.
My first car (Ford Escort 1300L) gave out some 60bhp and would do just over 30 mpg on a run (this despite being Daytona Yellow with a triple coach line)
My current vehicle Mercedes A Class is also nominally 1300cc and gives 163bhp and averages 44.5mpg.
Now I may be wrong but I suspect that some of this difference will be down to the engine management systems.
This is just my opinion. I have no interest in fighting over any of this.
I completely respect that and I hope you don't see me offering an alternative opinion as fighting.
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