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General => Technical | How To => Topic started by: arcanum70 on August 25, 2014, 11:01:11 PM
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Has anyone on here done a carburetor to fuel injection conversion?
I purchased an '07 xciting 250 and it's my first carbureted bike, but was thinking of getting a kit and converting to fuel injection. While I know the specifics are going to be different, I watched a vid where a guy did this with a Ninja. The problem is that he promised follow up videos (mileage, problems...etc) and never posted any...lol.
So, have you done it yourself? Do you know anyone that has? Experiences?
Thanks.
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Oh man DON'T DO IT!!!!!! i got the Ecotrons kit for roughly $500 and it was a total pos setup cheap China crap. Not to mention the fuel pump setup it came with was only designed to work with a gravity feed system and our 250 bikes have a tank lower than the carb. All in all i gave up with it and sold it on eBay. Just went back to carb tuning and I'm really glad I did. Even when the fuel injection was "working" i got the feeling i would never trust it long distance like i can with the carb. I'm sure if you had unlimited money and someone that was really crafty with EFI you could make a good setup but the kits suck donkey balls.
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For what it's worth, the Kymco 250 has a fairly advanced, computerized and well-tuned carburetor. I didn't feel like I was missing out on fuel injection. I suggest getting a Xciting 500Ri instead if EFI is must have.
If you decide to do it, let us know how it turns out.
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Awesome, thanks for the advice guys.
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Has anyone on here done a carburetor to fuel injection conversion?
Thanks.
As everyone else stated - no way. Stock carb when clean and set right - runs just as good as EFI. Yes EFI is better but only when it comes on the vehicle. Also, in the case of my GV250 I had an off idle hesitation due to clogging from sitting (not the carbs fault) Once, I clean it right it worked great then I upped the pilot jet a little to get it exactly how I wanted it - much more difficult and expensive to do this with EFI (although, hopefully EFI wouldn't need it).
There shame in running a legacy carb setup. Keep it clean and stablize or drain the float bowl when not in use and you will never need to touch it.