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Topic: Blow Through carbs
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Kyle
Gearhead Posts: 430
From: Sumner, WA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 02-12-2002 06:09 PM
   
Will a carter carb work well with a turbo set-up? Or will you have problems with the metering rods staying down in the jets? Same question for the holley DP- only will you have a problem with the power valve? Thinking about a twin turbo set up for my 73 mustang. Opinions?
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 27499
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-12-2002 06:15 PM
The only carb that I ever had any luck with in a blow through application is an Autolite 4100. I have used Carters and Holleys both also with mixed results. The Holleys need extensive sealing of the throttle shafts and are very sensitive to boost variation. Carters are somewhat happy when pressurized in an enclosure or bonnet. They do have fits with their metering rods though. The next to extinct AFB's for supercharged Studebaker use worked best as they had many revisions specific to blow through needs.
Autolites need very few mods to be happy in a "blown" enviornment. Then again, neither do I!  ------------------
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Kyle
Gearhead Posts: 430
From: Sumner, WA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 02-12-2002 07:12 PM
So what can you do to make a carter work in a blow through environment? Does the secondary air metering valve (the plate with weights on the end that covers the secondaries) still function normally? Why does the 4100 work so well? Just the design?
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Moneymaker
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From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 02-12-2002 07:33 PM
Yes Kyle, the inherant design of the Autolite lends it to blow through use. Very simple boosters that have several sensitive air bleads. Easy to convert to mechanical secondaries too. I would not even consider a Jimmy Carter peanut carb.  ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator
NHRA/IHRA/SRA member
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA National Record Holder '00, '01, & '02
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bluestreek
Gearhead Posts: 1724
From: Athens,GA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 02-12-2002 10:21 PM
Jimmy Who???.... Must be from Alabama. BS
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