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How to Rebuild and Modify Carter/Edelbrock Carburetors by Dave Emanuel
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If you want to modify your carburetor-equipped vehicle for performance today, you can choose from three major carburetor families – Holley, Demon, and Edelbrock. While Holley and Holley- style carburetors like Demon have been popular for years with their well documented successes and quirks, there has never before been a book covering the ins and outs of the emerging Edelbrock line of carburetors.
How to Rebuild and Modify Carter/Edelbrock Carburetors reflects the emergence of Edelbrock carburetors as the predominant Carter-style carburetors in the market today. A revision of the best-selling title Super Tuning and Modifying Carter Carburetors, this book contains more than 300 color photos, illustrations, and diagrams, covering rebuilding, tuning, and modifying Carter and Edelbrock carburetors.
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1 - History of Carburetors 2 - Carburetor Types 3 - Selecting a Carburetor 4 - How a Carburetor Works 5 - Carburetor Modifications 6 - Carburetor Tuning 7 - Rebuilding Tips
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This book also features the history of Carter as well as the history of the AFB and the AVS since the purchase by Edelbrock. Author David Emanuel outlines carburetor types, gives a thorough look at carb selection and carb function, and offers detailed information on modifications, tuning, and rebuilding Carter/Edelbrock carburetors.
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This is a great book that anyone who owns or works on Carter or Edelbrock Carburetors will love!
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8-1/2 x 11" Softbound 136 pages 159 color and 156 b/w photos Item # SA130 Price: $22.95
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History of Carter Carburetors
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In the very first years of the 20th century, the age of mechanized transport dawned slowly, then quickly grew into a frenzy of mid-day activity. The transition was fueled by youthful inventors imbued with native mechanical genius who gravitated toward the emerging automobile business. It was during this time that names which have since become immortalized in the annals of automotive history made their first appearance before the American public: David Buick, Ransom Olds, Henry Ford, Harry Stutz, Fred Duesenberg. By 1910 these engineering and marketing innovators brought dramatic change to the face of automotive manufacturing.
But there were other lesser-known inventors whose contributions were of equal importance. However, their endeavors were directed not toward building complete automobiles, but to the creation and refinement of products required by the auto manufacturers. Because of this, history has not treated their accomplishments quite so reverently. Will Carter was one of these men. Born in 1884, just outside Union City, Tennessee, Carter received only five years of formal education. Demonstrating a flair for things mechanical, he opened a repair shop at the age of 17. He serviced bicycles, guns, and virtually any other type of mechanical apparatus that came through his front door.
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In 1902, Carter felt the limitations of his rural location. Since St. Louis, Missouri, was the only large city within reasonable distance of his small shop, he moved on to the opportunities presented by an urban environment. At best these were limited, as the automobile population of St. Louis was sparse—less than a dozen cars. But Carter offered his talents and began expanding the base of his repair business.
As was the case with most inventors of the day, Will Carter was a tinkerer. As if poor-quality gasoline wasn’t enough for early motorists to contend with, the devices used to meter that gasoline provided an additional source of irritation. Carter began to experiment with techniques and methods of improving carburetor operation. His designs, translated into wooden models, served as the cores for sand molds from which an improved, cast-bronze carburetor would subsequently appear.
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From Tinkerer to Manufacturer Carter’s new device brought greater accuracy to the process of metering fuel and mixing it with air. As word of its superiority spread, demand rose to a sufficient level that in 1909, with the financial backing of a friend, Will Carter founded the Carter Carburetor Company. The following year he patented the Model C carburetor, an updraft design that incorporated an air valve. The Model C was advertised as offering “dignified acceleration,” and other literature of the era stated that the carburetor “has conclusively proved the established principle of automatic-multiple jets. It has separate adjustments for low, intermediate, and high speeds, however its action is entirely automatic and these adjustments, when properly made, are fixed, requiring no further attention.”
By 1911, Carter had designed and built the first downdraft carburetor. It was augmented with a unique fuel-handling system, which used manifold vacuum to pump fuel from the main gas tank to a small reservoir located above the carburetor. The pump assembly used a diaphragm constructed of linseed-treated raincoat material.
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It might be said that the move into Carter’s first factory in 1915 was a “shoe in.” The building was formerly occupied by a shoe manufacturer.
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One of Will Carter’s earliest creations, the Model C carburetor, was patented in 1910. It was claimed to offer “dignified acceleration.” The Dodge Brothers were among the first automakers to use this carb.
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Carter went to war with this carburetor—the M- 2. It served as original equipment on Liberty trucks used by the U.S. Army during World War I.
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Carter’s model “FO,” a simple but reliable design, was used on a variety of vehicles between 1910 and 1920.
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But alas, the inability to properly discharge financial matters seems to be an adjunct to the inventor psyche and by 1916—the Carter Carburetor Company was on the skids. It was reorganized in that year, and Will Carter was left without a management role. Six years later, (1922) the company was purchased by the American Car and Foundry Company, which subsequently became ACF Industries.
Until 1925, Carter produced only replacement “aftermarket” carburetors, but with its first original equipment order from a major automobile manufacturer (Chevrolet), the direction of the company began to change. Chrysler Corporation began purchasing carburetors in 1928 and throughout the 1930s. Many other manufacturers—some of whom have since joined their ancestors in the great wrecking yard in the sky—became original equipment customers. Nash, Hupmobile, Willys, Ford, and later Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac all turned to Carter for at least some of their original equipment carburetors.
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The Four-Barrel Era Through the 1940s, life was good for the Carter Carburetor Company. It continued to supply original equipment carburetors, but the introduction of mass-produced eight-cylinder engines created a need for fuel and air handling capacity that exceeded the capacity of a one-barrel carburetor. To answer the demand, Carter introduced the BBD two-barrel, which made its debut beneath the hood of a DeSoto, a Chrysler Corporation brand that was discontinued in November 1960. This efficient carburetor, albeit with significant changes, was produced until the early 1980s. The second and more important event—one that inexorably changed the history of the carburetor— was the introduction of the world’s first four-barrel. This original design, called the WCFB (for Will Carter Four Barrel), appeared atop the aging, Buick straight-eight engine.
Compared to later four-barrel designs, the WCFB seems more than a little archaic, weighing in at a hefty 18 pounds and comprised of a cast-iron base, a zinc main body, and an aluminum air-horn assembly. But “back in the day,” the WCFB was cutting edge and provided auto manufacturers with the airflow capacity required to raise horsepower levels to unprecedented levels. Some performance engines demanded a higher airflow capacity than a single WCFB could offer, so two WCFBs were factory installed on some of the optional engines found in vehicles like Corvettes. Although the WCFB remained in production through the mid ’60s, the 1957 introduction of the AFB, which offered higher airflow capacity at core efficient operation, stole most of its thunder. Even though the AFB is usually associated with GM performance engines, its first use as an original- equipment four-barrel was on a 1957 Ford powerplant. At one time or another, the AFB was used by GM, Ford, and Chrysler, and it became “the” four-barrel of choice for original equipment performance engines of the early Muscle Car era.
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Brothers or identical twins? Many people mistake the AVS for an AFB. While the two models are very similar, the AVS, introduced in 1966, uses a spring-loaded, rather than counterweighted, secondary air valve.
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How to Rebuild and Modify Carter/Edelbrock Carburetors by Dave Emanuel
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If you want to modify your carburetor-equipped vehicle for performance today, you can choose from three major carburetor families – Holley, Demon, and Edelbrock. While Holley and Holley- style carburetors like Demon have been popular for years with their well documented successes and quirks, there has never before been a book covering the ins and outs of the emerging Edelbrock line of carburetors.
How to Rebuild and Modify Carter/Edelbrock Carburetors reflects the emergence of Edelbrock carburetors as the predominant Carter-style carburetors in the market today. A revision of the best-selling title Super Tuning and Modifying Carter Carburetors, this book contains more than 300 color photos, illustrations, and diagrams, covering rebuilding, tuning, and modifying Carter and Edelbrock carburetors.
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Click below to view sample pages!
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1 - History of Carburetors 2 - Carburetor Types 3 - Selecting a Carburetor 4 - How a Carburetor Works 5 - Carburetor Modifications 6 - Carburetor Tuning 7 - Rebuilding Tips
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This book also features the history of Carter as well as the history of the AFB and the AVS since the purchase by Edelbrock. Author David Emanuel outlines carburetor types, gives a thorough look at carb selection and carb function, and offers detailed information on modifications, tuning, and rebuilding Carter/Edelbrock carburetors.
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This is a great book that anyone who owns or works on Carter or Edelbrock Carburetors will love!
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8-1/2 x 11" Softbound 136 pages 159 color and 156 b/w photos Item # SA130 Price: $22.95
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Rebuild and Modify Quadrajet Carburetors
How to Rebuild and Modify Rochester Quadrajet Carburetors, seeks to lift the veil of mystery surrounding the Q-Jet and show owners how to tune and modify their carbs for maximum performance. This is the only book to truly cover step-by-step instruction on performance building the Rochester Quadrajet!
A complete guide to selecting, rebuilding, and modifying the Q- Jet, aimed at both muscle car restorers and racers.
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Price: $
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Holley Carburetor Handbook The Holley Carburetor Handbook explains the basics of fuel inlet, idle, main metering, power valve and metering, accelerator pump, secondary and choke systems on Holley carburetors. It also covers carburetor repair and adjustment. Bonus section describes how to choose a carburetor based on engine size and volumetric efficiency. More than 100 photos, charts and drawings show you how to do it right the first time. This is a must have book for anyone working on the Holley model 4150 or 4160 Selection.
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Price: $11.95
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Super Tuning and Modifying Holley Carburetors
Super Tuning and Modifying Holley Carburetors shows you how to select, install, tune, and modify all popular Holley performance carburetors. This book gives a detailed view of basic carburetor functioning, modifying for performance applications, custom tuning for street, racing, off-road, turbocharging, economy, and other special uses.
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Price: $
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