SUMMIT RACING SUCKS
After getting the new mag (Nov-Dec 2008), I am reading through, somewhat excited that they now offer aluminum heads for those silly 409's.... Then I get to page 15 and see this gem, "Carburetor Tech." Allow me to summarize:
"The right cfm" According to Summit's take on the old formula, a 350 Chevy shifting at 6000 will run best with a 500cfm carb. I am a little unconventional on sizing so I leave this one alone.
"Flanges" "Matching the flange on the bottom of your carb to the top of your intake can be tricky." Thanks summit, I'll never buy a carb that wont bolt on to my intake again. Without you I'd be lost trying to fit a Holley carb onto an edelbrock intake.
"Metering" I don't even know where to start on this paragraph. I hope to god nobody reads this bullshit and believes it. From now on, all cars will have a 500 cfm dominator with an intermediate circuit to help it run rich under wot. Jesus, I have heard some bullshit, this take the ****ing cake. Next they'll be trying to tell me that my 5500 JW converter is tight and Stews 2500 TCI is loose(happened to a friend of mine at the store). **** SAKES.
"Other terminology"
Accelerator pump system: I'll give em that one.
Boosters: More bullshit. Not as bad as the frickin metering conundrum, but still pretty crappy. Let's take a look at the first sentence in greater detail just for fun.
"Boosters: Increase the speed of air passing through a venturi to improve atomization." The venturi increases the speed *a*holes. The booster, which also contains a venturi creates a pressure drop allowing fuel to push from the bowls into the motor. Yes you can change boosters for tuning, but if we have already established that the consumer cannot buy a carb to fit on his intake, what's the point of telling him he can tune his car by changing boosters?
"Choke" Fair enough, but your grammar sucks Summit.
"Power valve" According to Summit, "One many three-circuit carbs, this vacuum-operated valve controls the extra circuit, opening to supply additional fuel under load." "One many three-circuit carbs"? WTF is that? Oh may bad, that was a spelling mistake. No wait! A power valve is now considered a circuit? Does that mean the 3 circuit dom's are 4 circuit dom's and Holley has been naming them wrong all the time? What this boils down to is that we will begin to see people who cannot find a 650dp for their street car because Holley considers them a 2 circuit carb while Summit has invented their own metering circuit.
In summation my hatred for Summit has grown exponentially, and I am shocked to see journalism this crappy delivered to my house.