[kathyricks]

Carburetor for me. Carburetor = mechanical control = you can usually find a way to limp home if something goes wrong. Or you can just carry a spare carburetor with you and swap the carbs while on the trail if something goes wrong. Carbureted Toyota also have an easily accessible fuel pump in case that goes bad in the boonies.

EFI = electronic control = you're stranded if the slightest thing goes wrong with any of the electronics or sensors = your dead if you break down in the desert in the summer. It's totally impractical and prohibitively expensive to carry spare EFI electronics and sensors. EFI fuel pump is inside the gas tank so you can't replace it if it fails in the boonies.

The power gain with EFI is marginal and there is no fuel economy gain.