What I meant, though, is it's a lot more work to change a car from FI to a carburetor than you think it is. besides having to find an intake manifold and carb, you'll need to source all the little bits and pieces like fasteners, springs, etc. FI cars also use an electric fuel pump to deliver higher pressures than a mechanical pump can provide and also have a return line to send excess fuel back to the gas tank. There are probably many other parts that will be different between FI and carburetted models as well. You'll probably end up spending enough on the conversion to buy 3 computers.I found out, there are zero emmision control standards here in Nebraska. As long as I don't register it in California, I should be fine.
Also, the only reason to do this, is *if* the computer goes out, we will do this in order to make it easier on the pocket-book instead of replacing the computer. That's why a lot of beetles have the carburator on it instead of the computers anymore. It's because no one wants to replace the computer. Also, thesamba.com is a great source of parts too. people are selling all sorts of beetle stuff, and that's how I got my beetle anyways.
We are not going to replace the carb right away, but rather when the computer dies. Also, from what my business-partner tells me, there really isn't a lot of performance decrease when you put the carb unit on it.
here's a recent classified ad
http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-parts-accessories-1975-VW-Beetle-ECU-Fuel-Injection-parts-W0QQAdIdZ47282401
$50 and probably something for shipping for the ECU and assorted other FI parts. I don't consider that unreasonable compared to the cost of doing a conversion. You've probably spent more on Mac parts on ebay.