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 ...

On older vehicles and smaller engines, the carburetor controls the mixture of fuel and air that reaches the engine. Here's ...

Now That We're Paying more than $3 for a gallon of gas with no relief is in sight, it's important that we pay attention to the proper maintenance, care, and tuning of all our vehicles, even our toys.

If there were a category titled Good Carb, Bad Reputation, the Rochester Quadrajet would be at the top of that hit parade. It's doubtful there is a domestic fuel mixer more universally misunderstood ...

Holley came out with the first modular carburetor, the 4150, back in '57. Today, Holley still makes the 4150-heck it even makes hopped-up versions for everything from drag racing to rock crawling.

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