Dual Carbs or tii Injection?

[mtk92]

hi all, after a slight detour (e30 M3 and e28 M5), i've decided to resume my quest for an '02 to keep long term.

that said, i was hoping to get your opinion(s) on whether a well sorted tii is a better (or more fun) way to go versus a well sorted dual carb'd '02.

while it seems like tii's are easier to find, the thought of a well put together '02 with a stage 2 set up intrigues me.

that said, i'd love to hear your thoughts as additional things to consider as i begin the journey.

thanks for your help.

[Fishhead]

JMO,

Personally, I would rather have carbs. I like tinkering with my stuff to get it right and the Tii mechanical injection just seams to be a PITA when you try to extract more performance from it (or so it seams from searches- I've never owned a Tii).

If you were to put a later model electronic injection or dual carbs, etc. on a Tii car , it seams like the Tii would loose a lot of its value with these types of mods.

I would start with a carbed car because you can only add "value" with up grades.

[nbristow01]

Well the Tii is nice but man tougher to tincker with. What i mean by that is the more you play and modify it the more you take it away from it's original condition the lower the value. If you just want to tinker, race, have fun(not saying the Tiis are not fun...they are), you may best decide to go with the carb version like mine. The Tiis are nice and should never be jacked with too much.

[Griswold]

To heck with value. My tii was a piece of crap and given my resources it would never be a sweet original car. I'm doing whatever I want to it and dmn the resale value.

[jrhone]

Carbs.....Tii's are more rare and ou will have far more cars to choose from if you get a carbed 02...then from there you can build...I chose a standard 02 because I wanted to do some things that some may consider controversial on a Tii...and like others have said...why buy a car thats more money to get into...then spend money to decrease its value? Start with a less expensive platform and you can raise the value with the mods...Price replacement injectors and Tii K-fisher pumps...then you may steer clear...I'd hate to tinker with stuff that may cost thousands to replace...

[M3M3]

carbs...they look cooler!

and are fun to tinker with and have more performance potential.

[eaker02]

Marshall, that's just 2 cool.

ron

[Scott Sislane]

fun!

[dubois]

well sorted out tii or dual carbs, either one is fine.

if stage 2 intrigues you, then I would go with an M2 instead.

[inkatouring]

well sorted out tii or dual carbs, either one is fine.

if stage 2 intrigues you, then I would go with an M2 instead.

x2.

If not an M2, a tii, once set up properly, is better -- more MPGs, smoother, more powerful (to a point) and has the cool rarity factor. But getting it there can be difficult. Dual webers, of course, look incredibly cool, though. And the options of what to do with the motor from there are endless.

Can't go wrong with any of these options.

[tdk930]

I have a stage 2 with dual carbs if you are out east and want to check it out.

Todd

[mtk92]

thanks for all of the feedback.

i'm in san francisco (CA), would love to hear about any leads or connections to help in my search.

[TTyMiller]

carbs...they look cooler!

and are fun to tinker with and have more performance potential.

Terry this spring I want to get my dual italian webers 40's in so please look forward to helping me out.

PS I don't care about MPG this car is for fun!

[mtriple]

carbs...they look cooler!

and are fun to tinker with and have more performance potential.

Terry this spring I want to get my dual italian webers 40's in so please look forward to helping me out.

PS I don't care about MPG this car is for fun!

Yup, don't pay attention to mileage. pay more attention to the orchestra playing the Italian symphony in the front.

edit: make sure you got the vacuum leaks covered. I troubleshot every other area for the longest time and one day I saw the light.

hamada