I gotta hold of a canadian pony carb and was thinking of cleaning up my engine compartment.  Not sure if it needs rebuilt. I think it is a factory samurai carb but not sure. Since I get 28 mpg around town and a little more on the highway, I'm hesitant to change anything. Only thing is that I understand you get a significant power increase with the pony carb.

How much would I loose in gas milelage though?.

What kind of improved performance could I expect?

If it needs rebuilt, where do I get a rebuild kit or could I send it off to get rebuilt and pre tuned so all I gotta do is bolt and go?

I sure would like to loose those vacuums but hate to sacrifice too much mileage.
I know there are all kinds of performance carbs upgrades but I don't want to drop to 20 mpg unless it's one hell of a power increase. I don't have huge amounts of money, just stuff to trade or sell and not alot of time to do that. Ideally I could get it sargified on the intake like the weber on ebay.

 
-Adam

If you are getting 28MPG, I'd say stay with the Hitachi!

It's them hoses, relays and valves that make that mileage happen!

You're probably right. I just thought maybe if this was a factory carb for Canadian samurais, it was maybe engineered to get good gas mileage without all the hoses along with more power but maybe a bit more polluting. I have know idea what kind of mileage they're good for.

-Adam

  Ditto.Stick with the Hitachi,and accept the ugliness under the hood.That is my least favorite thing about my 91 Sidekick.

Maybe I just better save up for fuel injection. I don't think I can go wrong there. Maybe it would be compatible with the cam and header I want to install one of these days.

-Adam