I want to put a carburetor on my 5.2 mostly for consistency at the drag strip. Does anyone know if there is anything that I need to be aware of when doing this? Like will the fuel pump still work when not using the computer? Any comments are welcomed because I am not sure if this is the right thing to do. Some people say it is because the computer in the 93 Dakota is not tunable so I will not benefit much from keeping the fuel injection. Or do I keep the fuel injection and go with a bigger throttle body and injectors? Will that combo be consistent for bracket racing? Again thank you for your

Thank you Chris

u will get more consistency out of fuel injection.yes u can go bigger throttlebody,better injectors,small cam, headers.what i was told by a couple of tuners obd1 adapts way better to mods then obd 11

You're insane if you carb that truck. The 92-93 dakota should be one of the best bracket racers of the era once you get traction stabilized. A MP computer should still be available for that truck depending on tranny and the aftermarket is still there for the magnum engine. The performance aspect of the magnum engines has been beat to death- all the tricks are out there on the internet, like this
http://bionicdodge.com/Download/Speedtweaks%20Tips%20And%20Tricks.pdf

Again, you should drive a chevy if you carb this truck. Seriously.

keep the efi. It will be more consistent than carb. Are you looking to do engine mods? If so, to what extent?

http://bionicdodge.com/Download/Speedtweaks%20Tips%20And%20Tricks.pdf

Speed tweaks was an interesting read. Thanks

I would keep the EFI, there are lots of tricks to make it work faster. I tried bracket racing my 95 neon auto back in the day figuring it would be consistant since traction was no issue and the EFI would do the same thing every time... only if I kept it idling and hot between laps AND I reset the adaptive fuel right before every round, it would be faster if I opened the hood and let everything cool off but guessing an ET was a crap shoot. It was better than my 66 dart ever was though.

Thank you for that Speed Tweaks link. Very informative. My in-laws race a Cuda, Dart and Sport Fury and their cars are very consistent using a carburetor. I raced the truck once last year and my times varied from 9.71 to 9.83 in the 8th. I was looking at doing some head and cam changes and figured it would be good to go with a carburetor and cheaper.

Thanks Chris

I would like to do heads, cam, intake and headers. Just not sure which ones yet still looking. I was going to go with a carburetor because a lot of people tell me that the OBD I is the hardest one to adjust when you start doing modifications. What would be a good efi intake and throttle body for either Edelbrock alum heads or EQ Iron Rams and a 520 lift cam? I am going to keep the OD for drivability on the streets. I am going to put a 3200 stall and better clutches and bands in the tranny.

Thanks Chris

Hughes air-gap intake. Port the factory one yourself or get hughes to do their "big gulp" thingy to it.

You can still use OBD 1. Just throw a little bigger injector out of a 460 in it and do the advance trick to the crank sensor. If you get a little more serious you can adapt a later model pump in it, they run a tad higher preassure.

Having my own scanner to watch what the fuel trim is doing can give me an idea what to do to trick the computer into doing what I want but they are expensive. Might find someone to borrow one from and see what happens when you put it together. There are ways around needing a tuner although a tuner is best

I have bracket raced for many years and won with both the factory EFI and carb conversions. The carbed versions were always way easier to run quicker and more consistant pass after pass. If you want to stay EFI go with a complete aftermarket system.