I've always felt that anyone who upgrades their car should at least know
the workings of a Carb just as basic knowledge. It comes with the territory
of being an enthusiast. Rice kids rarely even know what they're doing when
it comes to their own cars, let alone an older car.
I learned about carbs when I did my pilots licence and fixing go carts
at an arcade. This should be common knowledge for anyone who CLAIMS to work
on cars whether or not they have a carb.
As far as carbs in NA, the gen 1 VW beetle is still being built in
Mexico. I beleive it is still carbbed. The gen 1 Rabbits in South Africa
have been updated and are FI now.
Rave Racer
'89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX
http://www.vwot.org/members/Pete.html
'87 Audi 4000 Quattro Sedan
http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid=110
'72 Triumph GT6
http://motorcities.com/contents/01I3H011116682.html
'83 Toyota Tercel (yoda) Possible future Sandrail donor... Maybe
----- Original Message -----
From: Erik Quackenbush <erik@midwestfilter.com>
To: <GreenBugeye@aol.com>; <bbrewer@starband.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: Never seen a carb / last carb in USA
At 10:26 AM 1/4/2002 -0500, GreenBugeye@aol.com wrote:
>A trivia question (I don't know the answer): Are there any mass-produced
new
>cars with carbs still on the market?
Not in the USA- unless you count propane powered vehicles. Ford and GM both
offer propane versions of certain vans and pickups to fleet users. Chrysler
recently sold a large number of propane powered Neons to a local utility
company. These vehicles use propane mixers which are essentially gaseous
fuel carburetors (venturi and needle). Propane burns much cleaner than
gasoline but to meet current emissions limits new cars still need to be
equipped emissions controls. They use a closed loop emissions control
system which varies the mixture in response to a standard O2 sensor. Some
of these vehicles are set up for dual fuel operation and actually switch
over to fuel injection in gasoline mode. While these are 'production' cars
from the government's point of view I'm not sure you can walk into a
dealership and order one for personal use.
> If not, when was the last one sold?
Click and Clack think it was the Yugo (1986?)... but they're wrong. The
last one I know of was the Chevrolet Spectrum (before they started calling
it a Geo) which used a carb at least until 1988. This car was built for GM
by Isuzu. It was underpowered and suffered from overheating problems,
probably because it was set too lean in order to meet emissions limits.
Variations on this engine (with fuel injection and a turbochargers) were
later used in the Geo Storm and the 1991 Lotus Elan M100.
-Erik
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Erik Quackenbush, Midwest Filter Corporation
1-847-680-0566 http://www.midwestfilter.com
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