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They called it the Holley Motorette and it sold for $550. More than 600 were produced." [1] The company today marks its official starting date as 1903 when they started mass-producing carburetors for Henry Ford. [2] "Their first original carburetor, called the iron pot, appeared on the curved-dash Oldsmobile in 1904."
Zenith's product was one of a small number of different carburetors used on the Ford Model T. It was also fitted to most of the 4.8 million Ford Model A cars built from 1927 to 1931 [3]) -- reportedly 3.5 million of them. [4] An enhanced Zenith carburetor was supplied for the Ford Model B, but also popular as a retrofit for the Ford Model A ...
Early 1990s: Carburetors had been replaced by fuel injection. [59] [60] 1991: Toyota develops laser-clad valve seats. They entered mass production in 1997. [61] [62] 1995: Toyota introduces VVT-i. [63] 1998: From 1998 to 2000, the McLaren Formula One team used Mercedes-Benz engines with beryllium-aluminium-alloy pistons. [64]
Walbro and Tillotson carburetors for small engines. Weber carburetor, Italian, now made in Spain, owned by Magneti Marelli. Wheeler–Schebler Carburetor Company. Zama Group, primarily an OEM provider. Zenith Carburetor Company, American subsidiary of Société du carburateur Zénith. Zenith Carburettor Company (British), used on Austin cars.
Starting in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, carburetors have been officially replaced with fuel injection - making the technology legal after 55 years of being "outlawed. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] " The first race in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history to use fuel injection was the 2012 running of the traditionally carburetor-friendly Daytona ...
Because it's Indy 500 tradition — and you don't mess with it. Carb Day starts the race weekend with cars on the track and a party in the infield.
In Europe, carburetors were largely replaced by fuel injection in the late 1980s, although fuel injection had been increasingly used in luxury cars and sports cars since the 1970s. EEC legislation required all vehicles sold and produced in member countries to have a catalytic converter after December 1992. This legislation had been in the ...
Carter Carburetor Corporation building in 2011. In 1984, with fuel injection having replaced carburetors on most cars, the plant closed. [3] In 1985, American Car and Foundry shut down the entire Carter Carburetor foundry, a year later ceding the PCB-contaminated property to the City of St. Louis. The plant became an EPA Superfund site. [4]