I think a lot of people have issues with carburetors because they are cheap and bought a used one at a swap meet and it was already messed up to begin with, or they buy a new one and take it from the box and bolt it on and then get angry when it doesn't work perfectly. I take every carburetor I buy and reset everything before bolting it onto the engine. Doing so doesn't always mean it's going to work perfectly, but it will almost guarantee the engine will run well enough to drive until I can fine tune the air fuel screws and jetting.

All oem the fuel injected cars I have driven have lots of gas pedal "slack" at a continious speed until the engine responds. A properly set up 4 barrel carb, especially a spread bore model, has a much better feel to it in my book when it's time to speed up and pass someone.

If FI is all that then why do a lot of the drag race guys trashcan the FI system on their 5.0 and camaros and replace it with a single plane and a big holley or demon carb?