55.2-59 91 Chevy 350. Keep efi/ throttle body vs. carb

[1project2many]

As my Chevy dealer mechanic says about EFI, "It's nice...when it works."

It sounds like you've had some hard luck and I can't blame you for not trusting the system. But when did these problems occur? They sound like issues from the early to mid 80s. Computers failing "without notice" was usually loose solder joints inside the computer. O2 preventing acceleration is not a common failure.

I lived in eastern MT for six years and worked at a Chevy dealer most of the time. We really didn't have too many problems with the TBI equipped trucks and I promise I would know... the ranchers all had my home # as I worked on their equipment on weekends.

I will say it was interesting to see what happened on the early TBI truck when the temp was -40F. They were only programmed to register -34f so they'd set a code for coolant temperature sensor error. And they usually wouldn't start at that temp, either. Then again, neither would the carby vehicles without a block heater.

Hmm... maybe you should stick to carbs.