What seemed like a revolutionary and reliable idea turned out to be one of GM's biggest engine-related flops.

Aftermarket fuel injection systems have been on the shelves for a number of years, but early systems had a variety of bugs and technical problems that turned do-it-yourselfers off to the idea of ...

The Cross-Fire engine used by GM in the early 1980s didn't get the best reputation. Here's why some critics have given it the ...

The controversy between carburetors and EFI has always been about complexity and price. Carburetors are simple—EFI is not. Carburetors are cheap—or at least cheaper than EFI. Those points have not ...

However, as with any other mechanical device, fuel injection is not a complete cure-all; it eliminates some problems and introduces others. In any event, a fuel injection system cannot compete with a ...

Over time and miles, your car might start to slow down. It might not accelerate as quickly as it once did; the engine may not run as smoothly as you remember, or the fuel economy may dip—but ...

For the casual enthusiast, the romance of lifting the hood of your project car and swapping that old-fashioned carburetor for high-tech electronic fuel injection (EFI) was often shattered by the ...

Most new petrol cars you see today are equipped with fuel injection systems or injector motors. These have almost wholly supplanted older carburetor motors. They are more reliable, effective, and ...