The carburetor sitting on your vintage Mustang can be a finicky device. It has minute passages that air and fuel travel through to feed the engine the fuel it demands based on load, rpm, and so forth.

The most ubiquitous speed part on the planet has to be the Holley four-barrel carburetor. While millions have been produced, there are a few that are special. In our case, we've been harboring a ...

Sometime about 25 years ago, car magazines began doing stories on electronic fuel injection. They also began counting the days before carburetors would become extinct. Yet on the street today, the hot ...

Although you may have a hard time getting them to admit it, for many car builders, the carburetor is the most complicated and least understood part on a vehicle. Everyone understands the basics of its ...

The last time we talked about carburetors, we focused on getting the idle mixture and speed in line. But that’s not all that a carb requires of its owner. Having your idle in line doesn’t mean the car ...

Time-lapse magic returns from Hagerty—the number one insurer of classic cars—this time involving the teardown of a Holley carburetor. Before the days of fuel injection, these babies were essential for ...

Carburetors are rather complex, yet easily fixable devices put on engines with the purpose of blending air and fuel in the proper ratio for combustion to happen in the cylinder(s). Before the days of ...

Playing with old cars and carburetors means you must do a little maintenance occasionally. After a long winter’s hibernation, the primary float bowl of the carburetor on our small-block flooded over ...

There's heartache and joy that come with owning, and caring for, an older vehicle. It's helpful if you can sort out a number of problems on your own, it will save you cash and trips to your local ...

There are at least two different primary metering block gaskets for a typical 4150 and many 4160-style Holley carburetors. We’ll use the very popular 600 cfm Holley vacuum secondary, commonly known as ...

Whether you bought your first carbureted car or are considering doing so, I want to give you a fair warning. Be ready for every conversation about your ride to involve someone shouting from somewhere ...

Rebuilding a carburetor can be a daunting task if you've never done it before. There are tons of small parts, screws and gaskets that need replacing, and a lot of pieces that need cleaning or ...