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Originally Posted by kathyricks
Then carburetor reliability really goes out the window. Holley & Weber can't begin to match the 20+ year bulletproof reliability of a Toyota carburetor. Holleys & Webers are made with floats that become saturated with gasoline, with power valves that stick in the open position causing a rich mixture, needle valves that stop sealing and cause the carb fuel bowl to overflow, accelerator pump leathers that deteriorate and accelerator pump rubber bellows that crack in as little as 6 months causing hesitation upon acceleration.
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I'd agree with you on the holley, but beg to differ on the weber. i have always had very good luck out of the webers I've had in the past. My 1st yota had a weber on it from the previous owner. It had been on the truck for about 6 years before I got it, it then sat for 2 years with a dead transmission. I got it, put a new tranny in it, fired it right up and drove it for another 4 years without ever touching the carb. Never had a single problem out of it. I also had an old AE86 yota running a weber, no problems out of it either.
Now with the holleys, thats a different story. I am pretty good at blowing pieces out of holleys. I have had a couple, but none on a 4 cylinder. i had twin 650's on my 460ci 72 mustang, and had the carbs apart about as often as I changed the oil. My old '66 240ci inline 6 f-250 truck had a 450 holley on it, and i also had nothing but trouble out of it.
I might have just been lucky with the webers, but they are definitely my #1 choice for the 22r if i'm going to run gas in it.