Carbs Aren’t Dead Yet!
electronic fuel injection first began appearing in the marketplace, HOT ROD published a story called “Smart Squirters” (Oct. ’88) that focused on an EFI system designed by the legendary John Meaney. The story intimated that with the coming of EFI, the carburetor was as outdated as a steam-powered threshing machine. To paraphrase a line attributed to author Samuel Clemons, the rumors of the carburetor’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. History and a century of metering improvements have proven this notion to be inaccurate. Now well into the 21st century, the carburetor’s image has probably been enhanced with Edelbrock’s recent introduction of a brand-new, highly-refined four-barrel they call the
