Living With the Rochester Single Barrel Carb
If you've ever spent a Saturday afternoon hunched over the fender of an old Chevy truck, you're probably well-acquainted with the rochester single barrel carb. It's one of those pieces of machinery that feels like a relic from a different era—partly because it is, but also because it's so fundamentally simple that it almost feels out of place in our world of sensors and computer-controlled fuel maps. For decades, this little hunk of cast iron and pot metal was the heartbeat of millions of General Motors vehicles, from the workhorse inline-six engines in C10 pickups to the humble commuters of the fifties and sixties. ...