[Chrysler300] carburetor(read this one)

["car man" <carbuyer02@xxxx>]

if anyone has a free carter avs 4 barrel carb i will take it
beside that i need help with the one i got

> From: Robert Merritt <okbobwynmer@xxxx>
> To: Moana & Gerry Steinberg <mopar@xxxx>
> CC: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [Chrysler300] carburetor
> Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 16:06:44 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Another good reason to go to a Carter instead of Holley is safety. I have 
> seen several Holly-equiped Chryslers have damage from under-hood fire 
> caused by leaking tubes on Holly carbs. I have personally bought a 68 and a 
> 69 300 from insurance companies way back in the early 70s because of this 
> problem. Both were cars that had not been started for some time and the 
> o-rings on the fuel tubes between the front and rear fuel bowl had dried 
> out and dripped on the heat riser portion of the intake manifold and caused 
> a fire. The 68 was in a garage and was extinguished quickly and was 
> repairable but the lady owner of the 69 was driving at night about 10 miles 
> from help so she got stopped and got out safely and watched it burn. Has 
> anyone else had this problem? I haven't because the first thing I do when I 
> buy a Holley-equipped car is replace the carb with a Carter.Okie Bob
>
> Moana & Gerry Steinberg <mopar@xxxx> wrote:AMEN to what Larry said. 
> Put on a Carter AVS, once adjusted you
> shouldn't have to touch it for many, many thousands of miles.
> I have done it to several that came with Hollys, couldn't wait to
> 'throw' them away.
> Good luck.
> Gerry Steinberg
> Arizona (80 degrees)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laurence G. Johnson" <laurence_g_johnson@xxxx>
> To: <jlsavard@xxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [Chrysler300] carburetor
>
>
> > Joe,
> > This carb represents one of the first attempt to meet the newly enacted
> (at
> > that time) smog regulations. The one I had was a disaster. I know my way
> > around a Holley carb pretty well and I never did get this one to perform
> > anywhere near satisfactorally. The metering circuits (idle, main, 
> primary
> > and secondary) are calibrated to run very lean. Mine typically bucked 
> and
> > surged at part throttle while crusing and on acceleration would actually
> > slow down when the secondary barrels opened. This carb has secondary
> > metering plate (Holley 4160) rather than a metering block with removable
> > jets (Holley model 4150) and the plates are difficult to find and
> categorize
> > for fuel delivery.
> >
> > Improving the performance of this carb is far more complex then simply
> > changing jets and power valves and would involve extensive changes in
> > jetting, air bleeds, and emulsification circuits by people that had very
> > high technical understanding and the equipment to measure circuitry
> changes.
> > I recommend that you do like I did and replace the carb with a '69 AVS. 
> It
> > flows just as much air and is pre-smog and is a bolt-on replacement.
> > Good luck!!!
> > Larry Johnson
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: jlsavard@xxxx
> > >To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: Fwd: [Chrysler300] carburetor
> > >Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 14:38:50 EDT
> > >carbuyer02@xxxx writes:
> > >
> > > > ok i got a 1970 chrysler 300 with 440
> > > > holley carb
> > > > want the #
> > > > performance all out!!!
> > > > can someone help me????
> > > >
> > >
> > >Sorry, guys,
> > >When I attempted to forward this earlier, I forgot to highlight the 
> text.
> > >I
> > >know nothing about the Holly Carbs.
> > >
> > >Joe Savard,
> > >Lake Orion, MI
>
>
>
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