"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
04/05/2016 at 08:10 • Filed to: None
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"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
04/05/2016 at 08:10 • Filed to: None | 2
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Someone posted this pic on FB, and it looked familiar enough to catch my interest. It was one of those “’Like’ if you know what this is....” things. I decided to hazard a guess still with my always growing yet limited knowledge. I pretty much said “it looks like a carb, but I’ve only seen small engine carbs”. I guess right, wooooh!!!
This is definitive proof that I am learning and keeping the knowledge that I’m learning, plus I recognized a part that’s not even on my own car! Idk, I’m just proud of myself, :).
Party-vi
> zeontestpilot
04/05/2016 at 08:22 |
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“BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDN’T HAVE E-LEK-TRONIC FUEL INJECTION ALL OUR GAS HAD TO JUST FALL INTO THE ENGINE WITH GRAVITY AND VACUUM THEY DON’T BUILD ‘EM LIKE THEY USED TO I’M AFRAID OF ENGINE PARTS THAT HAVE WIRING ATTACHED TO THEM.”
~Everyone in that FB feed
Flavien Vidal
> zeontestpilot
04/05/2016 at 08:23 |
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Holley carb, maybe from a late 60's camaro... No fucking idea how to adjust it though :)
CalzoneGolem
> Party-vi
04/05/2016 at 08:23 |
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Our engines looked like a dirty plate of vacuum hose spaghetti and we liked it that way!
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zeontestpilot
> Party-vi
04/05/2016 at 08:28 |
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In 20 years, “in my day, we used gasoline to power cars, not those fancy electronic motors you kids have now.”
Ed, for the old good times
> zeontestpilot
04/05/2016 at 08:30 |
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Wow! Nice turbo! Gonna have a tatoo of this!
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zeontestpilot
> Flavien Vidal
04/05/2016 at 08:30 |
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For the record, I'm not too sure on the one for the lawn mower either.
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Flavien Vidal
> Party-vi
04/05/2016 at 08:31 |
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Like everyone else... We miss carbs because we only remember when they work well (Webbers FTW!!) and we love injection when it’s cold outside and we are late to work...
Still get along pretty well with my carbed Mini even in winter :)
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> Party-vi
04/05/2016 at 08:36 |
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Our gas and air had to walk uphill in 10 ft of snow just to fall into the engine! And by God we liked it!
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Party-vi
> CalzoneGolem
04/05/2016 at 08:42 |
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Sounds like you were raised with 1980s engines, you young whippersnapper!
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Party-vi
> Flavien Vidal
04/05/2016 at 08:46 |
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I can’t recall having cold start issues with the Willys, but then again the electric choke helps :)
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zeontestpilot
> Ed, for the old good times
04/05/2016 at 08:47 |
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I’m getting one later today of it. I’m going to be SOOO popular now!
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Flavien Vidal
> Party-vi
04/05/2016 at 08:47 |
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Oh that sure did!! :)
Webbers are magical though... No need for a choke, they just work.
Gone
> zeontestpilot
04/05/2016 at 08:47 |
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Looks like your standard Holley 4160 center inlet w/manual choke and standard vac secondaries. Probably a 0-3310C 750cfm, but dunno.
jimz
> zeontestpilot
04/05/2016 at 09:27 |
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is anyone on Oppo out of high school yet? that’s a Holley double-pumper (not sure on specific model.)
camaroboy68ss
> Flavien Vidal
04/05/2016 at 09:57 |
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Chevy used the same holley carb like the one shown on all the hi performance cars in the late 60's. They were not limited to one brand in the lineup.
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jimz
> jimz
04/05/2016 at 09:57 |
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derp. vacuum secondary. I saw the two fuel feeds and derped.
amazing how much you forget when you haven’t had to mess with this stuff in decades.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> zeontestpilot
04/05/2016 at 10:04 |
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i wouldn’t know where to start to adjust it tbh.
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Flavien Vidal
> camaroboy68ss
04/05/2016 at 10:06 |
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oh ok, I only know Camaros so... Thanks for letting me know :)
crowmolly
> Gone
04/05/2016 at 10:59 |
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LOL. I was thinking a 3310 as well.
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> zeontestpilot
04/05/2016 at 11:31 |
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Just for the record, anybody who shared this post is a liar. Or a wizard. Those are the only people who can adjust a carb. Unless by adjust they mean turn random adjustment screws until it doesn’t work properly anymore, then I can adjust a carb.
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zeontestpilot
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
04/05/2016 at 12:13 |
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Then I can totally adjust a carb too then.
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camaroboy68ss
> Flavien Vidal
04/05/2016 at 19:29 |
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A good thing to remember with Chevy as even GM, if they can use the same part between modes they will.
luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln!
> zeontestpilot
04/07/2016 at 09:12 |
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Oy. I had the carbs off my bike 3 times before I got it to run. I was seriously doubting my mechanical abilities. It was out of commission for a year! In the end it turned out to be the float levels. I had been adjusting them wrong.
I’ve never ever messed with a carb on a car. My old ‘74 Volvo had mechanical fuel injection.