Has anyone installed a Eagle Reaserch carb enhancer on there car and gotten good results?

I have a "carb enhancer" on my 1972 ford van with the 302 V8... easy to do and worth while especially to test the new lean modifications you're going to try. That vac valve under your dash is an immediate truth detector. I am also 4 jet sizes under stock on my Holly gas waster, but the float bowl vac line is a good place to start on the long journey to the holy land.

I did that also to my Holley.Did notice quite a bit of improvement.It seemed that the idle was smoother and the car had a little more power,too.VERY easy to do. Also saved gas!!!

I installed it on my dads 62 Chevy II with a 194 and a 1 barrel rochester. It got 20 in stock form and after install I was getting 27-28 mpg!

can anyone tell us How this thing works? What it does? I'de like to see what you are talking about. Im always interested in saving fuel.

Thanks, JT

Wow, I wish someone had replied to this long ago.

The carb enhancer is a simple tuning.
You put a vacuum hose onto the carb float bowl vent
and then adjust the vacuum hose with a small valve.
This causes the carb air bleed to suck air in proportion to the intake manifold vacuum. The air sucked through the bleed both emulsifies the fuel for better vaporization and reduces the total liquid dispensed by the carb. So low throttle position (light on the foot) causes higher vacuum an
a stronger effect, wide throttle position reduces vacuum allowing you to dump in fuel for "normal" acceleration.
You can buy the parts at any nappa for about $15-20.
You need a drill to put a hole in the air cleaner for the hose
and a knife to cut into your pcv hose.

(10-18-2009 03:11 PM)JET USA Wrote:  can anyone tell us How this thing works? What it does? I'de like to see what you are talking about. Im always interested in saving fuel.

Thanks, JT