Nah, I read that right..... it's definitely the way it was worded. And EFI isn't more expensive to maintain, the only parts I've seen fail (on more than one occasion) on any EFI setup was the fuel pump which happens to carb cars too and the rubber o rings on the injectors. As for tuning, people have been running very very modified set ups with stock untouched MAF systems for years.... this whole "tuning" hoopla recently started over the last 3-4 years. Ford EEC-IV MAF has been around for 17 years! I've run supercharged, turbocharged and nitroused cars with factory computers and no tune with great success. The only thing thats more expensive is the hard parts, intakes, injectors, MAF sensors, fuel rails.... whereas with a carb car an intake is peanuts and a carb can be easily jetted to compensate for many upgrades/modifications.
I would never pay anyone to "tune" my car for me, if I wanted that kind of adjustability I'd buy a standalone setup and learn to set it up myself. "Tuning" is not needed unless you want optimum power.... the factory computer is plenty safe as is and is very very smart. Why on earth people pay someone to give them a "safe tune" is beyond me, if your motor pings back down the timing or run higher octane fuel..... Wow this turned out to be a long reply.
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