Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Now that carburetors are useless hulks with no purpose, what else can they be used for besides holding pencils? Can they be used to aerate wine or in the case of individual setups... mix drinks? I need a novelty for my bar.
I'd think they could, but you'll have to suck on the nozzle.
In reply to Tom Suddard:
How about doing an article on this magic EFI all these guys are talking about that's easier to install than a carb, not to mention cheaper!
Tom Suddard wrote:Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Now that carburetors are useless hulks with no purpose, what else can they be used for besides holding pencils? Can they be used to aerate wine or in the case of individual setups... mix drinks? I need a novelty for my bar.I'd think they could, but you'll have to suck on the nozzle.
I was thinking... three/four bike carbs, hook the fuel lines to inverted bottles (gravity feed). Make a nice looking manifold with a single collector that feeds into a glass or pitcher. Operate butterflies individually to taste or adjust the jets to mix it in one pull of the slides. Throttle by wire to amuse and bewilder!
My Mini has a siamesed intake ports and EFI is not an easy thing to add without a new head. Carbs are very relevant.
Since I could care less about the carb in my mower or weedwacker, I would like to learn about needle selection for SU carbs.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:Tom Suddard wrote:I was thinking... three/four bike carbs, hook the fuel lines to inverted bottles (gravity feed). Make a nice looking manifold with a single collector that feeds into a glass or pitcher. Operate butterflies individually to taste or adjust the jets to mix it in one pull of the slides. Throttle by wire to amuse and bewilder!Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Now that carburetors are useless hulks with no purpose, what else can they be used for besides holding pencils? Can they be used to aerate wine or in the case of individual setups... mix drinks? I need a novelty for my bar.I'd think they could, but you'll have to suck on the nozzle.
...and to not pour liquor into your glass until you've already picked it up again.
Tom Suddard wrote:Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:...and to not pour liquor into your glass until you've already picked it up again.Tom Suddard wrote:I was thinking... three/four bike carbs, hook the fuel lines to inverted bottles (gravity feed). Make a nice looking manifold with a single collector that feeds into a glass or pitcher. Operate butterflies individually to taste or adjust the jets to mix it in one pull of the slides. Throttle by wire to amuse and bewilder!Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Now that carburetors are useless hulks with no purpose, what else can they be used for besides holding pencils? Can they be used to aerate wine or in the case of individual setups... mix drinks? I need a novelty for my bar.I'd think they could, but you'll have to suck on the nozzle.
4-carbs, one liquor for each carb
set the floats at 1/4 a shot each, and have the bowls pour into a common collection point to pour the perfect "Four-Horsemen"! You can twist the throttle plates open once to take advantage of the accelerator pumps and have the "part throttle" twist the throttle plates open twice for a "full throttle"
(replace liquors with rumplemintz, jager, goldschlagger, and 151 for the alternate version of the four horsemen or "liquid crack" depending on where you're from)
Tom,
I hate to say it but this may be something more for CMS
Back in the day when new vehicles had carburetors, the biggest problem was that they were not set to spec. Taking the carb off and resetting everything to spec. made a world of difference.
Did a bunch of them
What are all you haters going to do when the E36 M3 hits the fan one day and the EMP wipes out the brains on all your fancy pants EFI systems? Just sayin 
Carro Atrezzi wrote: What are all you haters going to do when the E36 M3 hits the fan one day and the EMP wipes out the brains on all your fancy pants EFI systems? Just sayin
Kugelfischer that som'bitch!
Carro Atrezzi wrote: What are all you haters going to do when the E36 M3 hits the fan one day and the EMP wipes out the brains on all your fancy pants EFI systems? Just sayin
Steam!
You hate what you don't understand...
Bring it EFI boys
I see your massive carb (or puny hands...) and raise you... mechanical injection madness!
Will it bring 850 NA ponies to the party?
aussiesmg wrote: Will it bring 850 NA ponies to the party?
Nope but it did deliver well over 400 NA hp from just 3.5L back in '73.
My budget in 2014 is a little lower than theirs was in 1973, and I expect to make 850, I am flat out excited to get it together
aussiesmg wrote: My budget in 2014 is a little lower than theirs was in 1973, and I expect to make 850, I am flat out excited to get it together
what is it going in? 850HP is pretty damn exciting no matter how you come to it.
I am getting ready to get into my first carb rebuild. I have had the Quadrajet for the 403 sitting on the bench with the rebuild kit next to it for a few months now. Weird combination of excitement and nervousness. Thankfully I have an old timer here at work that agreed to look it over and make sure I did things right and help me get the thing setup properly.
In reply to rebelgtp:
Quadrajets are my favorite when they're right. Aggravating and boggy when they're wrong. My brother in law's brother was very good with them, he built two for me. Wish he was still with us so I could pick his brain on them.
In reply to nicksta43:
Yeah finding a guy that knows Holleys is easy but finding someone that REALLY knows a Quadrajet in and out is damn rare. There are about 2 in my entire valley.
You wanna know why I like carbs? Its easy and it works. Sure its not the most efficient but to swap to EFI or this that and the other it simplified my setups 10 fold. They don't make the best power, they don't have the EFI off the line driveability and they don't get great fuel economy but you know what, they always work and perform like a champ.
granted my daily is EFI for those very opposite reasons though.
Question for a Weber expert:
"Why Weber?" I like Webers, but why did the expert choose Weber as the focus of their attention?
"What makes a Weber a Weber?" Personally I think of Weber as a "step above" the rest. What gives it that little "extra"?
Hungary Bill wrote: Question for a Weber expert: "Why Weber?" I like Webers, but why did the expert choose Weber as the focus of their attention? "What makes a Weber a Weber?" Personally I think of Weber as a "step above" the rest. What gives it that little "extra"?
Now THAT's a good question. I often see SU's replaced by Webers on British machines, but then I hear that SU's are great carbs and the Webers have issues. So which is best and why?
Tom, I think your article is great for GRM. I have wrenched for a few LeMons teams whose cars are carbureted and we have suffered as a result of lack of knowledge. I find plenty of info on tuning Holley carbs, but I'd like to know more about some of the common OEM stuff and what changes be made to improve them for the street or the track. Do heat shields work? Am I wasting time icing a carb on a car that refused to start? Why does my car "buck" at partial throttle. What about all the crazy stuff on emission-era carbs? What does this particular vacuum reading indicate? Is it lean or rich under full throttle? Despite the popularity of EFI, there are plenty of us out here who will benefit from the info.
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