| Holley carb fires
When I bought my KVA the previous owner explained the starting technique - much of which consisted, rather worringly, of peering through the rear window with your hand on the extinguisher release in case it caught fire!
The carb is a four barrell Holley with vacuum secondaries on a flat plane Weland inlet manifold. I have not had any problems with it so far, but was reminded about the fire risk when my friend took the carb apart and found the secondaries seemed to be wired shut...still went allright though!
I mentioned this to my local American engine guru and he snorted and said Holleys are renowned for causing fires. He said I should fit a Quadrajet carb with a dual plane inlet 'cos it was safer and produced much more torque for road use anyway.
I have searched the engines site and there is one mention of a holley overflowing and causing a near-fire but I was wondering if anyone else has had any problems... |