At the dawn of the muscle car era, GM had thoroughly tested Carter's AFB carburetors on Chevrolet's 348 and 409, and on the high-output Pontiac 389 V-8s. The AFB was a logical choice for Corvette's ...

The Carter AFB carburetor was introduced in 1957, and the same basic design lives on to this day as an Edelbrock-manufactured variant. For any mechanical device to remain in production for nearly 60 ...

Rebuilding a carburetor can be a daunting task if you've never done it before. There are tons of small parts, screws and gaskets that need replacing, and a lot of pieces that need cleaning or ...

For a solid 15-year run from 1971 until 1984, the Carter ThermoQuad (TQ) was ubiquitous on Mopar four-barrel V-8 engines. Really an evolution of the long line of Carter four-barrels, the TQ was a ...

Q:Hi James. I have been a subscriber since the mid-1990s. I own a survivor '62 Corvette with a 300-horsepower engine with a Carter AFB carburetor. It has started leaking out of every orifice where ...