Pleasantly Surprised By A Cheap Carburator

[azblackhemi]

I was leary of buying a cheap Chinese carb off of Amazon but after putting it on I'm pretty happy. 2 bbl's are expensive to buy rebuilt and the one on my Fury had been rebuilt by the PO and wasn't good. This one was $86. The only issue was I had to file the mounting holes a bit. I'd seen a couple of reviews about it so I wasn't surprised. I bolted it on, hooked everything up and it started right up, idled smooth and revs up nicely. I have a few more issues to fix before I can take it on a shakedown run but I think it will do well.

 

[Big_John]

 

[azblackhemi]

This was the second carb I bought from Amazon. I got one for my buddy's Onan generator on his motor home and it worked well too.

 

[live4theking]

I'm considering getting one for my Stihl chainsaw.

 

[57fury440]

I used one on a 318 also. It actually works great. I still have the original carb which I can always have redone.

 

[azblackhemi]

Went out this morning and did a cold start. Fired right up and choke worked perfectly.

 

[cantflip]

lighter weight.... I wonder how it will handle ethanol?

 

[barnfind]

Put an Amazon carb on my riding mower, and several small engines. Wouldn't do it any other way now.

 

[commando1]

Went out this morning and did a cold start. Fired right up and choke worked perfectly.

Meanwhile back in Florida, @73 T&C Jav is still dicking around with his Thermoquad...

 

[Gerald Morris]

Watched this one just last week. Uncle Tony be The Man!

 

[oldkimmer]

I put one on a Honda Big Red trike. Works awesome. This is the most power it’s ever had. One of my friends says it’s too lean. Been running fine for 8 or so years. Kim

 

[Gerald Morris]

FWIW, I've watched these knock-offs for the past 3 years, waiting to see if they'll do a slightly larger bore one for a 383. I've seen them do Autolite 2100s putatively big enough for Ford 351s and Jeep 360s, and these have tempted me, but for now we're happy with the Stromberg rebuild we copped a couple years ago.

There's a vendor with a mess of Carter BBD remans which I'm also curious about, but I reckon the next carburetor we're apt to spend much $ on will be the nice shiny Edelbrock 1405 to plop onto a factory 4 bbl manifold, both of which we now have, but NEITHER of which I'm going to waste on these dirty, fukt-over 516s. When I get the 915s on, THEN we will do the intake and Edelbrock.

 

[Gerald Morris]

I'm considering getting one for my Stihl chainsaw.

Why not a Holley Sniper?