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| | | | Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 95 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 95 | Help! Any opinions,sugesttion? Manual choke and manual throttle. Thanks | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 863 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 863 | | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Carter YF, model 2100S. Make sure it is the GM version, the ford version is jetted way too rich.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 | Having had both the B and the YF, I second Longbox55's recommendation. Just my personal experience.
Bill | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,602 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,602 | My Rochester Model B continues to leak... I still use it but it is a pain in the rear. I recommend that you take the time to consider the long term problems with the B.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | Around 60 up they reinfoced the neck On the model B to stop the leakage problems & put a built in filter. They are easily available & easy to rebuild.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | The later Model B might be better, but I can speak from experience that the early ones are very prone to both float bowl cracks and base warpage.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,841 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,841 | Back in the 40's and 50's, there was an advertising slogan- - - - - -"The ABC's of carburetion- - - -Always Buy Carter" Some things never change!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | "The ABC's of carburetion- - - -Always Buy Carter"  I'll admit, I do have Holleys on mine, though. Model 1904s sourced from Internationals.
Bill Burmeister
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