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Old 11-03-12 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by DnvrFox
...For you 50 year-olds, the carburetor mixed air and gas and got the mixture into the cylinders and was replaced by fuel injectors...
Mid-fifties here and didn't have a FI vehicle until the 1990s..but never have purchased a new auto either.

My first 2 vehicles were a 63 Air Force surplus Econoline (HS) and a 51 F-1(college). Know all about naturally aspirated engines.

And vapor lock, too.
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