Whether you bought your first carbureted car or are considering doing so, I want to give you a fair warning. Be ready for every conversation about your ride to involve someone shouting from somewhere ...

If there were a category titled Good Carb, Bad Reputation, the Rochester Quadrajet would be at the top of that hit parade. It's doubtful there is a domestic fuel mixer more universally misunderstood ...

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 ...