The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop Wanting a different carb

The present 235 in my 37 has a B and never was too fond of it so are there any better carbs that I can use on the new 235 that will be going in soon.

What year 235, Jeff? Auto choke or manual choke? Carter carburetors are superior to Rochesters, but there were no manual choke versions produced for any 235 newer than 1957 by Carter. The 3211s was Carter's only carburetor for the 235 from 1957 until 1962. I consider the 3211s to be an excellent choice. Some like the Zenith, but none of the Zeniths were designed nor produced for the 235 and they can be pretty costly. So you'd have to use a Zenith made for a different engine (GMC for example).

Its a 60 235 and I want a manual choke.

You have a few options...
1. A Zenith made for a GMC (you should talk to the other Jon...CarbKing about this scheme) I'd suggest one made for the 248, but he may have other ideas.
2. Rochester B
3. Carter 3211s with a manual choke adapter (the ones available today are sort of cheesy Chinese looking things and several outfits sell them...Dorman for one)

You could use a Carter 2100s (made for the 1953-1956 235 and not easy to find one which hasn't been ruined by the rebuilders). As you know there were some differences between the 53-56 235 models and those made between 57 and 62. The 3211s recognized those differences and the 2100s was engineered before those changes happened. Hundreds of thousands of electrons have been spent discussing the differences between Rochester and Carter here.

Zenith carburetors are good, but a new one is going to be very expensive (last time I looked over $1000) and a rebuilt one isn't going to be cheap either...and spending that much $$$ you need to check out the rebuilder very carefully. I won't mention names but there are some I wouldn't touch with a 10 ft pole. I have 3 New Old Stock Carter 3211s models listed here...one is spoken for and I've had nibbles on another of them. I've gone through these, cleaned and replaced gaskets, checked all parts, etc but it is devilish hard to find new Carter carburetors today. Good luck.

Here are some choices. . I have bought from them and very helpful. Just a phone call away.

Heres another option. Im considering either rebuilding my Rochester B carburetor, or replacing it with a new carburetor. I was looking up rebuild kits, and came upon the "Daytona universal carburetor" They make a few different replacement carbs, but theres one that is supposed to be very similar to the "Zenith" carburetors. They are for six cylinder engines from 192 to 261 cubic inches. You can find it at Mikes Carburetor Parts on the web, go to Rochester carburetors 1 barrel carbs, and its there. Im going to start another forum to see if any stovebolters know anything about them.

ClassicsR4Me, please don’t. Do a search, the Daytona carb has been beat to death here.

Jeff,
I have a 1959 261cu.in. engine in my 59 Apache. I tried different carbs and settled on a Rochester mono jet off of a later model 250 engine. You can find one with a manual choke on late 60's, early 70's chevy trucks. My engine is much more responsive and it is a bolt on fit.

I did, and found a few people had already asked about it.