Carburetors have been around in one form or another since before Henry Ford rolled out the first Model T, so why haven't we figured them out yet? At its core, a carburetor is simply a metered air leak ...

QHello. I have gotten myself into a bit of trouble with my computer controlled Quadrajet. My carburetor is running very rich, with black smoke coming out of the tailpipe. I removed the screw in the ...

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 ...

Why do you suppose carburetors are so hard to adjust? Even a simple jet change requires major disassembly. It's my hunch they're made this way just so the average idiot can't screw them up. But ...