It's hard to imagine that a big company (Edelbrock) could buy the right to copy somebody else's highly evolved product (Carter's AFB), have a successful carburetor manufacturer (Weber) make the actual copies and end up with a lemon. Being a scientist (geologist) with a curious mind I wonder about the details of how that happened. I've asked on the Chevytalk forum what experiences people have had with the Edelbrock carburetors and so far there are only a couple of responses:
https://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/362448/post/new/#NEWJon really is the carburetor guru and I'm looking forward to more information on this topic.
The negative reviews on Amazon were for things like not including related hardware for installation on specific applications, like wires for the electric choke and a hold down stud for the air cleaner. Those negative comments surprised me because it's not possible to anticipate the details of every installation.
https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B000182DISWhen I built my roadster engine one of the Edelbrock heads I bought from Summit was full of aluminum chips from the machining process. I thought I was doing a good thing calling Edelbrock to report that quality control issue to them. The guy who took my call was outright nasty so I ended the call. Then I contacted Summit and they had a replacement head on my door step the next day along with a UPS call tag for returning the defective head without any unpleasantness. So maybe the problem has been with Edelbrock personnel, not their products. So far I don't know.
Ray W
