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    A carburetor (also spelled carburettor or carburetter) is a device used by a gasoline internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering...
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  • A feedback carburetor (also known as electronic or computer controlled carburetor) is a specific type of carburetor made mostly during the 1980s to improve...
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    updraft carburetor is a type of carburetor in which the air flows upward within the device. Other types are downdraft and sidedraft. An updraft carburetor was...
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    In engine design, carburetor icing is an icing condition which can affect carburetors under certain atmospheric conditions. The problem is most notable...
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    Weber Carburetors is an automotive manufacturing company founded in 1923, known for their carburetors. Eduardo Weber began his automotive career working...
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  • Carburetor heat (usually abbreviated to 'carb heat') is a system used in automobile and piston-powered light aircraft engines to prevent or clear carburetor...
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  • The Carter Carburetor Company was an American manufacturer of carburetors, primarily for the automobile industry. It was established in St. Louis, Missouri...
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  • to Carburetor Dung when guitarist Joe Kidd joined the fold. The name came from Lester Bangs' book Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. Carburetor Dung...
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  • Cars is a 2006 American animated sports comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by John Lasseter...
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  • Thumbnail for Motorcraft 2150 carburetor
    used by AMC) 2-barrel carburetor manufactured from 1973 through 1983, based heavily on its predecessor, the Autolite 2100 carburetor. The 2150 improved on...
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  • A carburetor (American English) or carburettor (British English) is a device that mixes air and fuel for internal combustion engines in a suitable air–fuel...
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  • A pressure carburetor is a type of fuel metering system manufactured by the Bendix Corporation for piston aircraft engines, starting in the 1940s. It is...
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    Michigan it was a major producer of carburetors for many Detroit-built automobiles. Later they manufactured carburetors for both street and racing applications...
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    Solex company was French-owned and produced carburetors and gasoline powered bicycles. Solex carburetors were used by many European automotive companies...
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  • In internal combustion engines with carburetors, a choke valve or choke modifies the air pressure in the intake manifold, thereby altering the air–fuel...
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  • Autolite 2100 carburetors were made from 1957 to 1973. They are a synchronous two venturi (barrel) design, meaning both venturii operate together. There...
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  • housed in the throttle body. In a carbureted engine, it is found in the carburetor. When a throttle is wide open, the intake manifold is usually at ambient...
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    Autolite 4300 was a Ford (also used by AMC) carburetor manufactured from 1967 through 1974. These carburetors were produced as an emissions-compliant replacement...
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  • "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung" was a 1971 essay by Lester Bangs, later collected in a book of the same name (ISBN 0-679-72045-6). The essay...
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  • The Carburetors is a Norwegian hard rock band from Oslo, formed in 2001. Their music is based on boogie rock and roll and heavy metal and has been described...
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  • 1930s filed a series of US patents for a miracle carburetor (sometimes called the Winnipeg carburetor) that would allegedly enable a car to attain 200...
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    Holley 4-Bbl carburetor. 1969 Corvette and 1970 Z/28 engines were also equipped with this Holley carburetor until the Q-jet carburetor returned in 1973...
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    replaced the Special's standard aluminum block 215 cu in (3.5 L) two-barrel carburetor V8 with a higher compression ratio four-barrel version that boosted power...
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  • Thumbnail for Reece Fish Carburettor
    The Reece-Fish carburetor was a carburetor used by Mini Se7en racers in the 60s and 70s. The original Fish carburetor was developed in the 1930s by US...
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    performance development. Most Slant Sixes were equipped with a single 1-barrel carburetor. Starting in the early 1970s, primitive emission controls adversely affected...
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  • not be confused with venturi vacuums, which are an effect exploited in carburetors to establish a pressure difference roughly proportional to mass airflow...
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    pressure carburetor was the one most commonly found. The other two carburetor types were manufactured by Chandler Groves (later Holley Carburetor Company)...
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    carburetor and produced 180 bhp (134 kW), with the famous exception of the 1955 Chrysler C-300 equipped with dual Carter WCFB four-barrel carburetors...
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    was the 144 cid Thriftpower straight-six with a single-barrel Holley carburetor, which produced 90 hp (67 kW) at 4200 rpm. (Some sources list it as producing...
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    "4V" designations indicating the number of barrels (or venturi) in the carburetor. The valves are in-line and use straight six-bolt valve covers. Coolant...
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