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arcanum70

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Carburetor to fuel injection
« on: August 25, 2014, 11:01:11 PM »
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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Re: Carburetor to fuel injection
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2014, 03:43:04 AM »
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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Re: Carburetor to fuel injection
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2014, 04:45:53 AM »
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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Re: Carburetor to fuel injection
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2014, 07:47:41 PM »
Awesome, thanks for the advice guys.
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Re: Carburetor to fuel injection
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2014, 07:13:02 PM »
Quote from: arcanum70 on August 25, 2014, 11:01:11 PM
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.
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