Aftermarked Carburator

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kai antonsen

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Does anyone have experience with either of these aftermarked carbs.
Ad's from Ebay.
Produced in China.
 

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I ran a Stromberg from Clive in the UK. Not a cheapie, but ran well straight out of the box and hasn't missed a beat since.
 
My guess is that they would leak like crazy and trying to rebuild one would be a nightmare, I’m sure it a mix of SAE and metric parts, if it’s anything like the other Chinese parts.
I don’t think I would chance it. Your better off finding a good original carb and have it rebuilt.
 
I don't know about the "HENKYO" (but it sounds, err, "oriental"). The "9Super7's" from Speedway have a bad reputation. The English Strombergs are excellent.
 
I hated to spend the money, but I just bought a carburetor from Dennis Carpenter for $600. But so glad I did. Before my '36 would buck when shifting and sputter other times. Put this new carburetor on it, made no other changes except adjusting the needles and it runs like a new car. Highly recommend it.
 

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Steve in Denver said:
I hated to spend the money, but I just bought a carburetor from Dennis Carpenter for $600. But so glad I did. Before my '36 would buck when shifting and sputter other times. Put this new carburetor on it, made no other changes except adjusting the needles and it runs like a new car. Highly recommend it.
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I am running three Speedway 9 Super 7 carbs from Speedway ($1,400 in 2014) on my 284 inch engine; chrome plated no less. The end carbs are designed as secondaries with no idle circuits and no choke. The primary carb was delivered with one main jet passage blocked by some sort of casting flaw. It was replaced without charge. The float settings on all three were a mile off; two way low, one high. The floats are nitrile with which you must be very careful in bending the tabs for float adjustment, or you will cause the float to leak and sink. Which I did. I replaced all of the neoprene tipped float valves with with the Grosse ball type valves. I had to replace all of the accelerator pump plungers due to the ones provided becoming swollen and refusing to insert without folding.



I run an 3.5 psi electric fuel pump through the mechanical pump, followed by a regulator and pressure gauge, set to 2.7 psi.


I found the engine to be running too lean, so a rejetted from .045 to .047 and am happy with that mixture. Not a carb quality problem; just tuning.


With all that done, the engine looks beautiful with its chrome carbs and is now running very well, with no fuel or vacuum leaks or further reliability issues.



If I had it to do again, I would forego the chrome and go with the better quality carbs that are available.
 
Local V8er bought one for inspection. Seemed ok, the throttle base is steel [iron] Not aluminum. Shaft is well fitted. Newc
 
mfirth said:
No, but I did have a 94 from Carpenter, made in the USA and it was a good carb.
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Made in China assembled in USA. I personally witnessed them being assembled out of boxes labeled “Made in China”.
They may be great. I have never used one. Just stating what I witnessed. Cheers.
 
Some guys just have too much money to burn. A decent (Genuine Henry) carb shouldn’t cost more than $50 at a swap meet, and Daytona Parts has the best rebuild kits you can find.
 
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Local V8er bought one for inspection. Seemed ok, the throttle base is steel [iron] Not aluminum. Shaft is well fitted. Newc
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Which one? The "9Super7" or the 94? I've had good luck with some "foreign" parts; it'd be nice to find there are others.
 
ford38v8 said:
Some guys just have too much money to burn. A decent (Genuine Henry) carb shouldn’t cost more than $50 at a swap meet, and Daytona Parts has the best rebuild kits you can find.
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The days of a $50 Stromberg were long gone over a decade ago. But I can still find $50 Chandler-Groves now and then.
 
>>>The days of a $50 Stromberg were long gone over a decade ago. But I can still find $50 Chandler-Groves now and then.>>>


Yeah. I recall buying two new 97s for $50 at WesternAuto.over a decade ago --- maybe 6+ decades ago. Guess i shoulda set more pins so I coulda bought some more.
 
Jack E/NJ said:
>>>The days of a $50 Stromberg were long gone over a decade ago. But I can still find $50 Chandler-Groves now and then.>>>


Yeah. I recall buying two new 97s for $50 at WesternAuto.over a decade ago --- maybe 6+ decades ago. Guess i shoulda set more pins so I coulda bought some more.
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I set pins for 8 months on Midway Island to buy a new 1962 Austin Healey Sprite. Total including Blaupunkt radio, tax & license less than $2000. Wish I had that sweet little toy now.
 
Because I'm cheap I bought a similar offshore carb off amazon for my '79 toyota landcruiser 248 cu in inline six. It cost 67.00 18 months ago. Toyota lists an original for 1800.00. Float hung up a few times in the first week but it has now been stellar for a year. I have gotten a lot of crap about it on the landcruiser forum, but it idles smooth as can be and pulls very strong through the gears. I'm very glad I went this route and would do it again. Not sure why a 94 costs so much more.
 
mfirth said:
No, but I did have a 94 from Carpenter, made in the USA and it was a good carb.
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Yep, me too. Baught mine in 2016 when they were $300.00. Still working flawlessly. He runs it on a test engine before shipping it to you. All I have ever done was adjust the idle a bit. That 300 bucks I spent back then was a bargain,
considering what they are today. Glad I got mine when I did! - F F
 
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I have never ssen a Chandler-Grove carburetor for sale any place. Holley's, yeah. Certain models of 94's can be quite rare and expensive.
 
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