Hmmmmmm........... A proven performer like the Street Demon can be had for less than $350, all in. And can be installed by most of us in an hour or so with no additional changes to an otherwise good fuel system.

Or, Jerry says you can get a 'base' model throttle body injection system for twice as much money, $650-$700. Then there is the command center, which is about $400, so we are over triple the price for the carb with some additional costs sure to pop up. Then there is the install. For most of us, it will be our first time installing a fuel injection system, so it is fair to say that it will take longer that first time than it would someone who has installed them before. How long is realistic in this case? All day? A weekend? Longer..................?

So, for a few hundred dollars more (more like triple the dollars) and for many more hours of labor, you can have a base model fuel injection system. One that really won't do a single thing better than a well tuned carb. One that will be obsolete in no time at all. One where you have to wonder how long service parts will be available. One that still suffers from all the issues that a 'wet' manifold brings. And one that you have to pray that it works on it's own because we don't know squat about it's workings. Oh and then there's the tuning part. Maybe it will do well all by itself or maybe (like many, many other users have found out), it needs help figuring it out. There's a bunch more time spent with the system and on the phone waiting for tech.

Throttle body fuel injection is as antiquated a fuel delivery system as carbs are. None of our new vehicles are delivered today with either system. Port injection with timing control offers some real benefits. But look at the cost, complexity, and tuning time. The modest benefits are really not worth it and frankly, it is simply out of reach for most of us.

A well tuned carb can easily rival throttle body injection in every way, and for way less money and difficulty. Everybody wants to take it out of the box, slap it on, and be good to go. With both carbs and fuel injection, sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't. There are far more resources available for carbs than there are for injection.

Someday injection may actually be able to compete with carbs. Maybe someday. But that is not today. Today, the best thing going for most of us is a well tuned carb.