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Holley Carburetors: Product Preview

Posted October 06, 2009 12:00 AM by dstrohl

I just received my long-awaited package from Holley. By the looks of it this is a brand-new carburetor. Besides the obvious new plating, everything has been replaced; all brackets, rods, linkages, choke assembly, and new fuel bowl. And every screw, bolt and spring is new, too.

As soon as I bolt it down and connect all the lines I'll let you know if it performs as good as the Holley rep said it would. Upon completion of its rebuild the Holley technicians fine tuned it on their flow meter, setting the air-fuel mixture and making all the necessary adjustments to the idle circuits and choke so the engine will run perfecto from the get go. We'll see.

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