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85Classic Cars: Triumph TR5, TR250 and TR6 Sports Cars
The mid-sixties saw Lucas develop a cheap and efficient fuel injection system which allowed better fuel metering. This allowed Triumph to take its six-cylinder Triumph 2000 engine and add a long-stroke crank...
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81How to Balance the Air Flow in CHevy Corvair Carburetors
Corvair engines are air cooled like a VW, however Chevy designed with either a set of two carbs or four carbs. The engines with two carbs have either a 95 or 110 Hp, while the four carb engine has 140 Hp,...
76The Making of the Chevrolet Corvair Engine
The ramp up time to make America's Chevy Corvair was considerable because of its unique aluminum engine. It began in 1952, when Ed Cole wanted to build a small (for that time) compact economical car with an...
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80Quad Restoration - The Carburetor
This HubPage will focus on repairing an old quad motorcycle (ATV, or four wheeler), this model is a 1986 Honda TRX 200sx. All the plastics have been taken off so it will look much different than another quad...
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71Rebuilt Carburetors
The best way to determine the pros and cons of rebuilt carburetors is by looking in detail at what work goes into rebuilt carburetors. What Is A Carburetor?Older cars rely on carburetors for the right...
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65Your Car Has Electrical Problems? Here's a quick two-minute fix that could save you hundreds of dollars!
I stumbled across this solution almost by accident. I was working in customer service in a carburetor shop some years ago, and the shop's policy was that "we did not work on cars". The customers were required...
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71Weed whacker woes and a quick fix
So you go out and finally spend the dough on a weed whacker and after figuring out how to assemble it, you fuel it up, after doing a short chem lab on fuel mixing, and then you move briskly into the aerobics...
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79Inside the Chevrolet Corvair Carburetor
Sooner or later, the Corvair owner will need to clean or maintain the 2 or 4 carbs on their engine. Even these carbs are basic when compared to carbs 15-20 years later, they still require tuning or cleaning. ...
75Harley Davidson Carburetor
If you have a Harley Davidson that was built before 1989, then your bike has a carburetor that has an older butterfly design. It would make a perfect candidate to be upgraded to the more modern carburetor,...
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74How To Replace Worn Corvair Throttle Shafts
There is a good chance your 40+ year Corvair has chronic or periodic idle issues or other related carburetor problems. If you have sprayed carburetor cleaner into the sides of the throttle shaft while the...
