Originally Posted by carbking
Somehow, this post eluded me, and I just read it.

No carburetor (even a Rochester B) if in reasonable condition, and properly adjusted, should need readjustment weekly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I bought my van used, with approximately 75k miles. I drove it for maybe 5k, and hated both power and fuel economy from the Holley. (Maybe if more of the fuel from a Holley actually went into the engine, they would get better fuel economy wink ). It took 5k (time) to get the Offy intake, Offy was backlogged even then.

I installed the Offy intake, and the 9400 at approximately 80k. It was UNTOUCHED until I removed it at 460k when the body rusted out for the third time from Missouri salty winters, and I scrapped the van.

Jon

That's what I thought, too. When I bought the truck it ran good, started easily, and had some nuances/quirks that I had never encountered on any old truck, but I figured I could fix them as time went on.

Having never seen or heard of a Carter AFB (I grew up in a small town, had little to no money, before the internet, no speed shop or the like, and nobody in our school was hopping-up their cars with speed parts), so I didn't know anything about them, and not wanting to deal with it anymore, I grabbed my spreadbore intake and unused quadrajet, and swapped them on. I did so because I am familiar with quadrajets, and that particular Carter, like I stated needed adjustment weekly if I drove the truck daily. I don't know if it is worn out internally and/or externally, but I am curious about it now that I have read your success story with the Carter in your van. I'll dig it out and get some photos to share, to see if it truly is a 9400, or worth my time.

Shane

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