TBI vs Vortec

[mistaake]

voted TBI, loved the one I drive... picking up a second one truck with one in it.

Well I decided to keep one Vortec and one TBI

 

[Rusty Nail]

Easily TBI.

A TBI with Vortec heads! TBI is one of the best fuel delivery systems ever. Like.A.Rock.

My parts truck was originally purchased to swap the TBI into my '97, so it will run.
Vortec is unreliable, plastic, unpredictable junk that has no place in my Chevrolet truck.

 

[VCaddy]

Mine will be TBI with Vortec heads, so both?

 

[chevyforlife]

Newbie here, I was wringing my hands about ditching my 1997 for a newer Silverado, because of a knock in the bottom end. These trucks were the step children with not much love, the stupid distributor base is made of plastic, so the screw holes easily strips. The Vortec engines, I have come to find out are prone to bearing issues, rods/mains and the spider EFI is not the best idea GM has eve had. The newer trucks have the AFM which I don't trust at all and the 4.8 has less torque, so I replaced the 5.7 and upgraded the EFI. Straight out of the box I believe that the TBIs are better, simpler to maintain, but after much moolah now my Vortec is a beast that loves to run sideways.