[GypsyR]

Carb setups have "personality". Each has it's own preferred starting procedure. Pump the gas. Once, twice. No throttle, hold the throttle a little, or halfway. Etc. EFI is touch nothing except the key. Light flipping on a light switch. That is nice enough in its place (wife's car, daily driver. work truck, etc) but I like that my antique hobby vehicles require some actual human interaction for proper operation and continued optimal performance. Modern cars are "hands off", old ones are "hands on". Not carved in stone, just how I like it.

 

[GypsyR]

I've developed an aversion to proprietary aftermarket products for about anything these days. Because of just such tendencies of people to suddenly close up shop for any number of reasons. I tend to keep stuff a long time and might need service parts 10 or 20 years down the road. I have an old RV plagued with such. RV's are conglomerations of assemblies from a good number of small company suppliers. That come and go like the wind, apparently.

 

[GypsyR]

Tuning is the key to unlock all the power.

Funny how that applies every bit as well to vintage carbureted engines with points distributors. Or basically any internal combustion engine ever made.