What's your mileage?

[Todd W. White]

Originally Posted by jcramsey

How do you like the Economaster carb? I've got one sitting on the shelf waiting to be used on something. Sounds like a good setup with the 283 for sure!

Now that it's running properly, I like it. You just have to be sure it's set up and jetted for your engine, your locale, and your power train requirements.

While it's NOT a Quadrajet, and, therefore, doesn't peel rubber, it does what I want it to do - it gives me "enough" power when I need it, and delivers good gas mileage, which, at today's prices, I definitely need.

One thing, though - you MUST make your own base gasket for it! There are small channels in the base that must be covered with a gasket to pass the air through properly, and the "spreadbore" gasket available at the parts house leave some of those passageways uncovered.