Re: [AMC-List] Replacement for A Carter, Why?

["John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>]

For what it is worth. 
I have never had a desire to replace a Carter BBD with 
anything else under most circumstances. 
I have had no problem with rebuilding them if it was needed,
adjusted correctly they work just fine. 
I have built some quick I-6's using a stock BBD and have 
one stock one currently on the road that regularly gets 24+
miles per gallon and will run with current traffic conditions. 
Set up correctly with the vacuum lines hooked up as they 
should be they have never given me a bit of trouble and they 
pass smog in this state.
Are they perfect? No! But they get the job done well. The basic 
problems I have found were with the vacuum lines, not the 
carburetors. They are also small, but that is typical of 
all American made I-6 set ups other than the Pontiac Sprint
packages used a number of years back. I have reason 
to believe that they are specked out at 179cfm by Carter which 
is more than a bit small for an AMC I6 or anyone else's for 
that matter. 
For those situations where small was a problem my preference 
was then and still is to install a small Carter AFB and go for it.
If that was not exotic enough I have gone the fuel injection 
route. 
I have yet to, but it is on my round-tuit list to built a turbo 
version of an AMC I-6. I would dearly love to beat up on 
Buick GNs. 
I have found that the advantages of not having to spend a ton 
of money on a carburetor that is no better, not having to cob up 
some kind of crude linkage and I have seen a few beauts , and 
for automatic applications not having to cob up some form of 
kick down linkage has more than paid for itself in pure lack of
aggravation. 
John
 
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