ok ive been wrestling wth wht induction to use on my 383. i knw the trak records of the carb and tpi but in the long run which is better? keep in mind ths is goin to be a streeet car wth regular tags

 

Long run, EFI wins hands down!!!

 

if your talking about the car in your sig id go with a carb set up and be done with it

 

If emissions, and ecm, are not issues, I would give a lot
of thought to carb.

 

Least work, probably keeping TBI - assuming you assume PROM tuning, replacing intake w/something better, and 454 TB.

Least expense would probably be carb.

Best mix of performance, fuel economy, and driveability would probably be a TPI-based system with LT1 or Miniram intake. Again, PROM tuning must be assumed.

 

TPI will give you better fuel economy/emissions and still make very good power if you use the right kind of intake stealthram/miniram/superram

 

guys ive finally reached a decission, after a lot of thought and jegs searching, im gonna go wth efi. the thing is its not ur traditional efi: i was looking through jegs and found a tbi/efi conversion....y not use wht u hve..right.. its a kit made by edelbrock, and its reasonable on the price side too. originally its ment for trucks so it should make an already torq-e 383 more so. lemme knw wht u guys think. constructive critasism welcomed.

 

You could always get the LT1 intake that has been converted for use with a distributor instead of a TPI intake so you can get the shorter runners.

 

I think this is pretty cool, but if have more than 435 hp potential, its not the greatest for you: http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive/mpfi_sbchevy.html

 

the one im thinkin of isnt the regular mpfi, here the part number from edelbrock..#3502, besides i could always do heavier injectors, holley throttlebody, etc..

 

I agree. I think that if you are going that way, you would do better assembling your own setup as opposed to using an off the shelf system.