I have not seen it on a vangaurd or kholer but defintly on the kakasaki engines they do have a throtle body
it deffintly would be better in a sence but most guys worth their salt can figuire out a carburator problem in the field but you loose a fuel pump or a injector in bum fuk egyt your in deep shyt
we hunt in southern cal in back water sloughs where weve built blinds and you can push 20 foot gavinized poles in by hand ! so you have a mechanical failure out there you would just have to wait till your buddies come and pull you out or a helicopter flies in to do a air lift