TBI injection systems still have the same fuel distribution problems with poorly designed intakes.

That being said, they will outperform carbs on cold and hot starts, elevation change, and any time the temperature changes.

A fine example is the road trip I have planned for this summer. It will have me crossing the mountains twice and dropping below sea level. A TBI system will handle that better than a carb.

Are they as good as port systems?

Not quite.

Is that a reason to avoid them?

No.

There are plenty of benefits to the TBI systems and the largest percentile of owners would never see the benefit of added cost and complexity of port injection systems.

I've played with port injection and have a good mind to sell my EFI intake on Ebay. It would help pay for the Imperial's future throttle body injection.