The weight difference is the Holley is made of a zinc alloy called Zamak (trade name, many variants), the clone is an aluminum alloy. Many carbs are. Hence why many suffer from zinc pest to varying degree, depending on the specific alloy. Its used due to its very high suitability for die casting. We have better aluminum alloys now that have displaced Zamak some, but its still widely used. Yes, Zamak contains aluminum as one of the alloying elements, and is very often confused with aluminum, and sometimes referred to as aluminum by manufacturers to avoid calling it "pot metal" (aka Zamak), but its primary element is Zinc, hence the weight difference. Also, the number difference on jet sizes are metric vs imperial.
I got some Chinese made motorcraft 2150 copy off Amazon for $100 or so because my original carbs throttle was hanging open slightly no matter how much I cleaned it and it would cause it to idle too high. Looked over it made sure all the screws were tight and adjusted everything to where it needed to be. A few months later still runs perfect, no issues starts right up with one pump every time. This was more so a temporary fix while I save up to get a nice 4 barrel intake and carb. But for now it’s doing me really well.
@cyber3167 very good chance your original throttle shaft could be worn causing a vacuum leak causing the high idle. I’m pretty sure the autolite/motor craft carbs have a rep for that
THANKS AGAIN! MY SON GOT ME A TEE SHIRT FOR MY 70TH, "UNIVERSITY OF UA-cam-LIFETIME STUDENT". WE ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, AND EDELBROCK HAS IMPRESSED ME TO NO END. YOUR TECH HAS A UA-cam CHANNEL THAT GOES SO DAMN FAR BEYOND "CUSTOMER SERVICE" . OVER 50 YEARS OF WRENCHING, AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I HAVE ENCOUNTERED. SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE. WHERE HAS THIS CARB MANUFACTURER BEEN AL;L MY LIFE??? YOU GUYS ARE #1...AND I SAY THAT FROM EXPERIENCE...
Actually quite a few nice upgraded compared to a standard 1850. The extra jets are to get you tuned for the fuel you intend to use. They don't don't know if you'll be running straight gas, 10% ethanol, 15% ethanol...good job providing some tunability. Good upgrade over the holley cork gaskets on the mixture screws. Nice removable air bleeds. Brass float is cool. Bushings on the throttle shafts-nice. Lightweight alloy-a plus. From what I see it looks nice. Probably very easy to tune
It’s fluff. The true understanding of how this thing is going to perform is in that god awful metering block. It’s unbalanced at best. It’s not going to be easy to tune, if we can get it to be consistent at all. The proof is in the data. The first half gathered in this video, sucks. We’ll see what it produces once we put it on a mild small block. Stayed tuned!
Ordered me a Remaned carburetor off of rock auto for my Jeep cj6 with a 2100 Motorcraft. Cost me near $300 but we couldn't ever get it to run worth a crap on a Low mile 304 engine. 45k Shoddy rebuild from Autoline products in Canada. Wore out shafts and a warped flange. No help from Autoline or Rock auto. Bought a 70$ 2150 knockoff from Amazon. Cleaned it and adjusted the screws and drove for 2 hrs that night. Ive been thinking of going to a 2300 500cfm or even a smaller 4bbl since I street drive it for the most part. I'll probably try of these before I dump $300 again on something that isn't worth a Sht.
The stuff they spray in there and on the out side is like a creasaul because they are shipping over on a boat the salt air dosent effect the aluminum,,same as on cars they ship ,you see it on the brakes and rotors any thing they think can get exposed to the salt air
I'm definitely with you. Not buying Chinese knockoff anything. American made equals better quality faster setup and long-term reliability and no screws going down the intake manifold.
I'd like to see it installed on a running engine...it's one thing that bothers me about you tube. People rebuild a carb but never show it working on an engine... If Putting it on an engine drives the death nail in one of these knock off carbs so be it.... Same for some one doing a video on a rebuild... I don't fear failure...as it is the ultimate teacher.... As always you do a great job pointing out the details.
@@moparnut6286 time and understanding. The two things I fight. If someone buys a knock off expectiing to get a copy of whatever, I’d be under the assumption that they’d expect to have an understanding of what they’re receiving. Capable of running or not, with this carb, you’re not getting what’s expected. I’m sure at some point when I have the (time) we’ll show these on an engine and show the data. The (understanding) sets the expectation of performance. One has to come first! Maybe one time I’ll start with the result and go back and get the reasons why in a second video. Stating with the understanding at least points me in the direction of what’s going to happen when we do run it and I won’t run into an over or under fueling situation and hurt a good engine. I know with this one, I’m going to have to watch part throttle AFR closely and for sure transition AFR with that smaller PVCR. Don’t think this one is bad enough to kill some timing, but I’m guessing it might. Wouldn’t have known that without the knowledge first! All I’m lacking now is time……. 🤘
5 or 6 years ago I purchased a turbocharger from Chinese company for $160. The Borg Warner direct replacement was 1,000. Guess which one win in the car? When Borg Warner buys them they buy them from China, of course there's more testing and oversight but most likely that's the reality. I must have gotten a good one because these years later it's still working. I do however agree with you I would not put the carburetor on my car.
Great info I'll stick to Edelbrock and Holley, look forward to seeing the test drive, hopefully it doesn't leak fuel and your GMC catches fire maybe throw it in the iron pile to be safe as always keep the videos coming, good guys in Puyallup is next weekend I'll be there
@@johnweaver8470 man I wish I could join you! Such a great event and an exceptional venue for it. Maybe one of these days I’ll get back up there. Have fun!
I like ur assessment of this carburetor. I know there's a lot of things that most people would not know if it was good or not. Saving money on this carburetor will just get you in trouble in the long run that's for sure.
@@VinoRatRodbuilds i completely understand saving a few dollars here and there, but yeah you nailed it. In the long run it’s gonna be more trouble (and money) than it’s worth.
If I built a fair amount of engines ,I'd get one and use it ,along with some other cheap parts like some tinfoil headers. Run it on a test stand first before giving it to a customer or dropping it in your ride and finding that rear main oil leak after the fact just sucks.
As an European driving an american truck I stick to OEM parts as much as I can. In Germany it is very hard to keep US cars running, because those are very exotic cars over here. For example you have to take them to one of the very rare specialized workshops for repairs because normal shops do not touch US cars. It costs way more money too, 180 dollars per working hour at the shop is very normal, and you have very limited access to used parts. Every two years big discussions with the dudes from the technical inspection agencies who never saw an US car if the car is roadworthy or not. My Truck is halfway illegal due to the fact that spare parts for the truck do not have an european proofmark on it. If the cops stop you and decide that your Walker standard replacement exhaust has no proof mark and therefore it is illegal, your journey comes to a sqeeking halt. It gets towed away for a new technical inspection and a juicy bill for the whole shabang. And you can lose your drivers license for that too. For a tire shop it is somewhat illegal to bolt on bolt centered wheels because the standard is hub centered wheels. The list goes on and on. Pulling the chinese wildcard is no option at all...
Friend just bought one of these to replace a Summit brand 600cfm on his car. I installed it on his SBC and checked float levels and set the idle/air mix and it seemed to run fine. Shut it off and tried to restart it, but it wouldn't fire up. Poured some gas in it and it fired, but popped and died when I tried to give it gas. Looked at the primary bowl and no gas in it. Secondary was right in the lidle like it should be. Pulled the primary bowl off to check float and all seemed fine. Put it back on, poured more gas down the carb, and it started again. Primary bowl filled to mid window and then watched as the gas disappeared from the window again! It seems the needle or seat occasionally sticks and it runs out of gas. After a couple hours of screwing with it I removed it and packed it back up so he could send it back. It's just junk. Bought a rebuild kit for the Summit carb, and rebuilt that instead. No more problems.
DHL ain’t much better. Plus they aren’t very friendly going through customs, no matter what the carrier. And don’t put statements on the package like “fragile” or “do not bend”. They take that as a challenge! 😳
I've never been happy with the low end, off the line performance of Holley carbs. Yes they do perform well in the upper rpm range and on race applications but I would always prefer a Quardrajet carb for an everyday street vehicle. The smaller primary style just feels better off the line and when the large secondary open when you mash it you know something happened. I also don't care for the Chinese knockoff carbs. There is always something strange in their thinking about how to meeter fuel. Great video. I enjoyed it very much. Definition of a carburetor = An attempt at controlling a fuel leak!! 😂😂
Thanks for the Video....I agree with you...USA...I try to buy American Made where ever possible. However that being said, sometimes you just can't. I have a Lawn Mower that Briggs and Stratton no longer support. I had no other choice but to buy a cheep knock off from Amazon. Surprisingly, it works better than the original ever did even when the mower was new. Mower fired on first pull and everything fit just like the original. And like your example, they included extra parts, gaskets, screws, even an air filter. and spark plug. Faced with buying a new mower or fixing the old one, the choice was easy. Less than $25 vs several hundred.
Case in point, especially when I'm dealing with like the situation. I'm dealing with people coming up to me and wanting me to work on their motorcycles and finding out there. A Chinese knock off of the Honda, 250 or a scooter or a Yamaha, 250 or Kawasaki, 250. None of the parts will interchange.They're very close but not at all. They even even go so far as look similar too
@@landoncustomclassics check back in a week and see all the people completely ok with buying a knock off. It’s rather remarkable actually. This one is not great, but of all the knock offs I’ve reviewed, it’s probably been the best.
@MuscleCarSolutions I buy the like $15 lawn mower carbs. They've done ok. My brother bought a knockoff for my dad's Honda 4 wheeler. It wouldn't fire, but ended up being the tps sensor so we put the old one on and it's worked fine.
Good review mate. I buy whatever gives me best value for money. As you have shown, the Holley is probably the better product, simply because you can get the parts for it, even if this carby worked we'll on an engine. I would be very interested to see how it actually runs and performs on a standard engine, as that is obviously the market it it aimed at
I’ve done a number of these knock off reviews. Sometime I’ll rotate them out and do a quick review of on engine performance out of the box and with what limited tuning that can be done. That’s what will end up killing them. There’s just no further support if someone actually wants to get them to run at their optimum performance and economy.
The difference in jet sizes and other restriction sizes is neither here nor there. A 600cfm carb can have any number of combinations of restrictions depending on the exact engine and chassis package. Even two identical cars but one has header pipes and a different intake manifold could require complete different jets, pvcr, accel pump, power valve and air bleeds, but both have 600cfm 1850s. You have to tune them for what you have. Nice of them to give you some extra jets or air bleeds.
It looks to me like the carburetor wasn't so much modeled after an original Holley carburetor as it was copied from an aftermarket upgraded version of a Holley design. Can't wait to see how it works on an engine, how it actually performs.
BTW I am driving this "very rare" 98 Ford E 150 Club Wagon. There are less than 100 around in this country. People call it a "Chevy Van" or "the A-Team Car" because they don´t know better. Normal people never get the chance to see the difference, it just does not happen that US trucks are parked next to each other on the street. You may see one of the very rare F 150s or Ram 1500 from time to time over here...
Thanks for posting this video and breaking it down. I bought my basic Holley 3310 in classic finish back in 1996 for $189. Now, as of the writing of this comment, the same carb is $574 from the Holley site (subject to change at any moment) and the 1850's aren't too far behind that. As a consumer, it can be tempting to fall for this crap because the price is so low but there's something so fishy about it and you did a great job with your video of exposing the utter garbage one can end up with if one falls for the "too good to be true" marketing. I am curious, were you confirm if the threads on the jets, power valve, bowl screws, idle screws etc. are SAE or metric? It would suck if this was discovered part way through a jet change or a rebuild.
Price of everything is up these days. Still plenty of cores available if it’s a carburetor you’re after. The amount of these knockoffs flooding the market should be criminal.
I appreciate your videos! If you do a deep dive into Temu you’ll find most the products are made and shipped from areas of China that are rife with slavery. Barely sociable here on YT did a good video on it.
Question watching the specs of the jets .. and materials made of.. Is it possible they designed it For the environment of e85 !? That’s just a thought 💭.!? Because of the standard deviation of gas in the times
I work for a auto body shop and they buy the cheap Chinese knock off parts and I assemble cars and I'm always dealing with poor quality parts and fitment there is a reason they get the knick name cheap knock off lol
@@andrewforster4974 I was a manufacturers rep for quite a few years and had a client that brought in collision repair panels and parts. All China and ridiculously cheap. The mark up in that industry is insane.
To anyone looking into buying a knock off carb to cheaply got a project going.. please don't. U can buy quality name brand carbs dirt cheaply on the used market. Pretty well every town has atleast one old man garage with several carbs laying around. Holley stands by their used products and their customer service is happy to help with any holley carb regardless of age or how much u spent on it.
people with the knock-offs are saying they don't care about the future their kids will one day get to experience. you can't get much cheaper than that.
It’s actually drilled with metric drills 1.65 mm 1.70mm 1.80mm 2.00mm so the number is exact size in metric drills well as good as china drill bit tolerance can be lol
Jets are 'flow rated' Holley did that for a while and everyone hated it. I have done a China 350 2 bbl. Needle and seat was stuck which is common from being on the shelf. Used all Holley parts in it. Crappy finish but I had no complaint so I guess it was ok. Holley jets fitted but I used the ones it came with. Most Holleys are alloy these days. I have just bought an 850 Edelbrock and it weighs around the same as a diecast 3310. It seems some of it is alloy and some diecast. Read the Holley website, there is a dozen versions of the 600 and they all use different size mains. Ditto with a 750 d/p. I normally use those numbers to make the carb original again. So many idiots use small jets to gain economy,, and melt the engine or use bigger jets to go faster and usually end up way too rich. Though a dyno is the only true way of jetting. 350 Chev race engine with Dart 2 heads and a Victor Jnr,, 830 annular. as the book said 80s all round and it was good on the dyno. Went to Victor race heads with a 2925 intake and had tp go down to 76 all way around. The intake system was all far more efficient and required less fuel to do the same job. And it had over 40hp more and was far livelier from 5000-7500. But had nothing under 3500! You will find the Holley gasket does fit. 1850 and 1860 use a different gasket.Those bowl and metering gaskets are plain junk. As Holley ones used to be in the past! Holley have got way too expensive and have been for quite a while. So really do not deserve any special treatment. 650 spread bores are made in Japan! Would I buy one? Maybe for a stock engine, that is after I have been right through it. Though that costs money and time. I feel sure it would do fine on a stock gunker. Performance engine? Never. But a 4160 is never a performance carb ever.
My experience with knock off carburetors is there’s no money saved. The headache of tuning those carburetors is not worth it. I’ve only dealt with motorcycle carburetors but they’ve been difficult to tune and finicky. That is not what you want.
You are measuring wrong. there is no way you have .081 emulsion. Are you measuring the lead in hole? Th emulsion bleed is at the bottom of the lead in holes. should be .026-.029
jet sizes are 100% metric - ie 0.064in = 0.165mm That said, would be interesting to see a dyno test with size/type equivalent Holley carb (granted that the hardware was all pre-checked to make sure none of it goes through a motor. My gut says this won't produce the same numbers or the repeatability that can be had from a quality carb.
You got it. Knock off is just steeling someone else's research and design. Good luck with rebuild parts. I stick to a known Holly. Thanks for the review.😊
The hardware they signed with you is probably a standard kit. They sent with all those type carburetors whether it has a choke. Cable or not, the hardware kit is pre-made for that. Technically, the choke electric choke version and they just send it in every kit. Even manual joke
@@stevehilligoss4982 depends on where you look. But without a doubt the last 20+ years have not been kind to US manufacturing. Given the cost of everything going through the roof and labor at an all time high. Insurance, consumables, raw materials. I’m thankful I’m at the end of my career and won’t have to deal with this much longer. I’m all for higher wages, but it does put a bigger strain on a system that was tipping towards the edge anyway.
@@neilkratzer3182 had to know what we were working with before the install. That way we know why an area in the rpm range works or doesn’t. Part two coming up where we put all these to a simple initial adjustment and a road test with AFR data. Stay tuned!
I would LOVE to save money on an Ikea-like carb "kit". Hell, if I can buy a Holley HP for 1/2 price.. I'm IN!! But.. THIS? NO. Mostly because you can't get off the shelf replacement parts. This is great if you're just trying to get an old car running, but it's not for every day driving.
I got one and it sucked the accelerator pump didn’t work and after I fixed that it ideled ok ran ok light throttle but give it a some heavy throttle and gust shut down. I swaped out the Bowles on to a good old Holley body I had and it runs great with that carb body and the bowls off that pic of junk.
@@MVPisME383 prices rarely come down but man are things ridiculously high these days. Hopefully once inflation is better under control we’ll see some prices drop.
Can you drop a Holley metering plate in and put in a Holley rebuild kit since Holley is running carbs @ close to 900 bucks for a carb that needs a lot of work to use it brand spanking new. Run it on an engine at least after you go through it like new Holley requires. Sure we are all sick of Chinockoffs, but in the current market where inflation and American companies are charging far way to F'ing much for products trying to maximize their profits to the max and at the same time crappy support and no available product making you wait months. I have waited 5 months for my CompCams camshaft which I switched from Lunati since they could not give me a delivery date which was waiting months for, so I switched to Comp to only get screwed again. The rocker arms are still back ordered until Sep 28 when I ordered them as "in stock" on April 12th. Stop knocking people who need to get their old car running as economically as possible when you do not highlight the companies ripping off Americans, providing shizz support if any at all, and taking half a year to get the product.
just convert metric to imperial so add a decimal after the first digit to chineese numbers it makes sense 2 mm is almost exactly .078 of an inch... and while not EXACT conversion it's close on the others also. 165 is 1.65mm etc etc.
@@MuscleCarSolutions thank you for these awesome videos and don’t pay any attention to those folks that are to cheap to listen to you they will regret it because the screw fell out of their cheap Chinese carburetor and blew up their motor !!
@@jimstern4244 not my engine! But I hate to see folks make bad decisions thinking it’s going to save them money or time. All I can do is provide the info. Thank you! Very much appreciated. 🇺🇸
What gets me with these is that Asia is been well known for decades at being fairly good at just making a 1:1 copy of an item......(usually its captured military equipment). Why they went to all this trouble without just making it an exact copy is beyond me.
I wouldn't buy one, but the holley on my car was 720.00. This one was what you said, 90? This is why people go China. Can't beat the price. I AM guilty of buying a Chinesium carburetor for my mini bike😊
I think, these numbers are jets flow on test bench, maybe cc/min with 1 metre of water column. Sorry for my language, I'm not native speaker. P.S. And my choice for my old cars are Edelbrock AVS2.
I’d love for that to be the case, but I’m guessing any high tech testing equipment isn’t on the menu for these knock off companies. Make them cheap and get them out the door is all they care about.
@@ToddMcF2002 oh we’ll put them on my mild small block and I think based on how unbalanced that metering block is, it will be very inconsistent. I’m sure even with the datalog there will still be plenty of people willing to support it. Maybe this fall we’ll do one video with all the knock offs back to back to back.
I find that anytime there is a knock off of a product is because companies have decided to have their products made in China instead of USA. This is why manufacturing needs to be brought back to America.
@@BPattB eBay is just as bad and they refuse to protect American brands. Their VERO program to remove knock offs is a joke. I rarely use eBay anymore and I used to drive all my sales through that site.
I wouldn't run that on my worst enemy's car. You're just about guaranteed to end up with a butterfly screw in a cylinder somewhere. Which makes that a VERY expensive carburetor. And I'll bet the metallurgy is all over the place. Would be interesting to see how long it held up to ethanol....
Temu can sell so cheap because they compromise your personal info including selling CC numbers . This has been documented., and can be checked out with a couple key strokes.
In all my experiences I've ever seen.When it comes to knock offs of any kind they cannot do a hundred percent 1 for 1all the cross the board due to patent infringement and possible lawsuits
One word JUNK. I bought a knockoff street avenger for a dump truck that had been sitting for ten years just to see if i could get it running. It is what I expected it got the truck running, but I will never buy one for something I care about.
@stevehilligoss4982 the cork is there to seal it. It had a black rubber one on this carb. The additional o-rings aren’t necessary. Unless there’s something more awful to this carb that we haven’t experienced yet.
Don't be ashamed to have bought that carb. How do you think we as consumers that try to buy quality American made products spend the money for American brands and we get our what ever it is and you read on the box made in China, Taiwan, Mexico etc..
I think the jet sizes are metric .165cm divided by 2.54 to convert to inches equals .06496 inches
Yes, that is exactly correct. I cheated and google searched a conversion calculator.
yeah that's what i figured - just noticed the english when up in twos the metric when up in 5, 4 was 10 like that.
Holley jets are rated by the flow not the bore size. It’s very important not to cause screw driver marks on any jet as it upsets the flow FYI.
@@AaronDrees-k1t Well mm actually.
They leave the decimal point. 165 means 1.65mm
1.65mm ÷ 25.4 = .0649 thou
@@stevo184 and that is why you use the correct mic's and do not convert
The weight difference is the Holley is made of a zinc alloy called Zamak (trade name, many variants), the clone is an aluminum alloy. Many carbs are. Hence why many suffer from zinc pest to varying degree, depending on the specific alloy. Its used due to its very high suitability for die casting. We have better aluminum alloys now that have displaced Zamak some, but its still widely used. Yes, Zamak contains aluminum as one of the alloying elements, and is very often confused with aluminum, and sometimes referred to as aluminum by manufacturers to avoid calling it "pot metal" (aka Zamak), but its primary element is Zinc, hence the weight difference. Also, the number difference on jet sizes are metric vs imperial.
Thanks for the review! Don't feel too bad about buying this thing. It was worth it for the educational value for your viewers
I hope so! Thanks much.
I got some Chinese made motorcraft 2150 copy off Amazon for $100 or so because my original carbs throttle was hanging open slightly no matter how much I cleaned it and it would cause it to idle too high. Looked over it made sure all the screws were tight and adjusted everything to where it needed to be. A few months later still runs perfect, no issues starts right up with one pump every time. This was more so a temporary fix while I save up to get a nice 4 barrel intake and carb. But for now it’s doing me really well.
@cyber3167 very good chance your original throttle shaft could be worn causing a vacuum leak causing the high idle. I’m pretty sure the autolite/motor craft carbs have a rep for that
THANKS AGAIN! MY SON GOT ME A TEE SHIRT FOR MY 70TH, "UNIVERSITY OF UA-cam-LIFETIME STUDENT". WE ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, AND EDELBROCK HAS IMPRESSED ME TO NO END. YOUR TECH HAS A UA-cam CHANNEL THAT GOES SO DAMN FAR BEYOND "CUSTOMER SERVICE" . OVER 50 YEARS OF WRENCHING, AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I HAVE ENCOUNTERED. SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE. WHERE HAS THIS CARB MANUFACTURER BEEN AL;L MY LIFE??? YOU GUYS ARE #1...AND I SAY THAT FROM EXPERIENCE...
@@glennwmurphy1 thank you? This isn’t Edelbrock’s channel. I just do this to share my knowledge.
WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING, JUST THE SAME.
Actually quite a few nice upgraded compared to a standard 1850. The extra jets are to get you tuned for the fuel you intend to use. They don't don't know if you'll be running straight gas, 10% ethanol, 15% ethanol...good job providing some tunability. Good upgrade over the holley cork gaskets on the mixture screws. Nice removable air bleeds. Brass float is cool. Bushings on the throttle shafts-nice. Lightweight alloy-a plus. From what I see it looks nice. Probably very easy to tune
It’s fluff. The true understanding of how this thing is going to perform is in that god awful metering block. It’s unbalanced at best. It’s not going to be easy to tune, if we can get it to be consistent at all. The proof is in the data. The first half gathered in this video, sucks. We’ll see what it produces once we put it on a mild small block. Stayed tuned!
Ordered me a Remaned carburetor off of rock auto for my Jeep cj6 with a 2100 Motorcraft. Cost me near $300 but we couldn't ever get it to run worth a crap on a Low mile 304 engine. 45k Shoddy rebuild from Autoline products in Canada. Wore out shafts and a warped flange. No help from Autoline or Rock auto. Bought a 70$ 2150 knockoff from Amazon. Cleaned it and adjusted the screws and drove for 2 hrs that night. Ive been thinking of going to a 2300 500cfm or even a smaller 4bbl since I street drive it for the most part. I'll probably try of these before I dump $300 again on something that isn't worth a Sht.
Yes this. The idea that made in America means anything as all the big companies continue to consolidate and cut cost is just silly at this point.
That's a raw deal of Rock auto not standing behind there product 😢
The stuff they spray in there and on the out side is like a creasaul because they are shipping over on a boat the salt air dosent effect the aluminum,,same as on cars they ship ,you see it on the brakes and rotors any thing they think can get exposed to the salt air
I'm definitely with you. Not buying Chinese knockoff anything. American made equals better quality faster setup and long-term reliability and no screws going down the intake manifold.
There using metric sizing on the just. 200 is 0.2mm (0.0078 in)
@@PCgonerogue820 that would make sense but there’s an extra zero in there. I appreciate that comment though. I completely overlooked that…. Thank you!
200 is actually 2.00 mm. A 165 is 1.65. Convert 1.65÷25.4= .0649. Mikuni and others are all numbered in metric
@@dsrengines , good catch I put the decimal point in the wrong spot.
@@dsrengines I work on webers a lot and theyre in mm too
The jet sizes as marked are in metric without a decimal. The 205 is actually 2.05mm, standard practice for this kind of thing.
I'd like to see it installed on a running engine...it's one thing that bothers me about you tube. People rebuild a carb but never show it working on an engine... If Putting it on an engine drives the death nail in one of these knock off carbs so be it.... Same for some one doing a video on a rebuild... I don't fear failure...as it is the ultimate teacher.... As always you do a great job pointing out the details.
@@moparnut6286 time and understanding. The two things I fight. If someone buys a knock off expectiing to get a copy of whatever, I’d be under the assumption that they’d expect to have an understanding of what they’re receiving. Capable of running or not, with this carb, you’re not getting what’s expected. I’m sure at some point when I have the (time) we’ll show these on an engine and show the data. The (understanding) sets the expectation of performance. One has to come first! Maybe one time I’ll start with the result and go back and get the reasons why in a second video. Stating with the understanding at least points me in the direction of what’s going to happen when we do run it and I won’t run into an over or under fueling situation and hurt a good engine. I know with this one, I’m going to have to watch part throttle AFR closely and for sure transition AFR with that smaller PVCR. Don’t think this one is bad enough to kill some timing, but I’m guessing it might. Wouldn’t have known that without the knowledge first! All I’m lacking now is time……. 🤘
5 or 6 years ago I purchased a turbocharger from Chinese company for $160. The Borg Warner direct replacement was 1,000. Guess which one win in the car? When Borg Warner buys them they buy them from China, of course there's more testing and oversight but most likely that's the reality. I must have gotten a good one because these years later it's still working. I do however agree with you I would not put the carburetor on my car.
HEY kislux I have been watching you for years and im so proud of where you have made it! I love you so much! Also thanks for making my day
Great info I'll stick to Edelbrock and Holley, look forward to seeing the test drive, hopefully it doesn't leak fuel and your GMC catches fire maybe throw it in the iron pile to be safe as always keep the videos coming, good guys in Puyallup is next weekend I'll be there
@@johnweaver8470 man I wish I could join you! Such a great event and an exceptional venue for it. Maybe one of these days I’ll get back up there. Have fun!
First time in MANY years I'm not going 😢😢. Several years in a row I worked the gates with the Gig Harbor Cruisers..
Nice video didn't know temu sold carbs, thanks for sharing!
@@steamsoldier big steaming piles of something that vaguely resembles a carburetor!
I like ur assessment of this carburetor. I know there's a lot of things that most people would not know if it was good or not. Saving money on this carburetor will just get you in trouble in the long run that's for sure.
@@VinoRatRodbuilds i completely understand saving a few dollars here and there, but yeah you nailed it. In the long run it’s gonna be more trouble (and money) than it’s worth.
@@MuscleCarSolutions Yeah I've done some price checking lately. Things are pretty expensive but what are you going to do.
If I built a fair amount of engines ,I'd get one and use it ,along with some other cheap parts like some tinfoil headers.
Run it on a test stand first before giving it to a customer or dropping it in your ride and finding that rear main oil leak after the fact just sucks.
As an European driving an american truck I stick to OEM parts as much as I can. In Germany it is very hard to keep US cars running, because those are very exotic cars over here. For example you have to take them to one of the very rare specialized workshops for repairs because normal shops do not touch US cars. It costs way more money too, 180 dollars per working hour at the shop is very normal, and you have very limited access to used parts. Every two years big discussions with the dudes from the technical inspection agencies who never saw an US car if the car is roadworthy or not. My Truck is halfway illegal due to the fact that spare parts for the truck do not have an european proofmark on it. If the cops stop you and decide that your Walker standard replacement exhaust has no proof mark and therefore it is illegal, your journey comes to a sqeeking halt. It gets towed away for a new technical inspection and a juicy bill for the whole shabang. And you can lose your drivers license for that too. For a tire shop it is somewhat illegal to bolt on bolt centered wheels because the standard is hub centered wheels. The list goes on and on. Pulling the chinese wildcard is no option at all...
@@thegreatkimber3777 we’re very lucky to live in a far less restrictive country, though we seem to be heading in that direction.
keep voting socialist...disguised as "mainstream, middle of the road"
Friend just bought one of these to replace a Summit brand 600cfm on his car. I installed it on his SBC and checked float levels and set the idle/air mix and it seemed to run fine. Shut it off and tried to restart it, but it wouldn't fire up. Poured some gas in it and it fired, but popped and died when I tried to give it gas. Looked at the primary bowl and no gas in it. Secondary was right in the lidle like it should be. Pulled the primary bowl off to check float and all seemed fine. Put it back on, poured more gas down the carb, and it started again. Primary bowl filled to mid window and then watched as the gas disappeared from the window again! It seems the needle or seat occasionally sticks and it runs out of gas.
After a couple hours of screwing with it I removed it and packed it back up so he could send it back. It's just junk. Bought a rebuild kit for the Summit carb, and rebuilt that instead. No more problems.
Small parts probably made it fine from China. Fedex are the ones that deliver boxes that look like they've played soccer with them.
DHL ain’t much better. Plus they aren’t very friendly going through customs, no matter what the carrier. And don’t put statements on the package like “fragile” or “do not bend”. They take that as a challenge! 😳
I've never been happy with the low end, off the line performance of Holley carbs. Yes they do perform well in the upper rpm range and on race applications but I would always prefer a Quardrajet carb for an everyday street vehicle. The smaller primary style just feels better off the line and when the large secondary open when you mash it you know something happened.
I also don't care for the Chinese knockoff carbs. There is always something strange in their thinking about how to meeter fuel.
Great video. I enjoyed it very much.
Definition of a carburetor = An attempt at controlling a fuel leak!! 😂😂
Money saved and not spent... great content and thanks...🔧🔧👍
Thanks for the Video....I agree with you...USA...I try to buy American Made where ever possible. However that being said, sometimes you just can't. I have a Lawn Mower that Briggs and Stratton no longer support. I had no other choice but to buy a cheep knock off from Amazon. Surprisingly, it works better than the original ever did even when the mower was new. Mower fired on first pull and everything fit just like the original. And like your example, they included extra parts, gaskets, screws, even an air filter. and spark plug. Faced with buying a new mower or fixing the old one, the choice was easy. Less than $25 vs several hundred.
Much different situation.
Case in point, especially when I'm dealing with like the situation. I'm dealing with people coming up to me and wanting me to work on their motorcycles and finding out there. A Chinese knock off of the Honda, 250 or a scooter or a Yamaha, 250 or Kawasaki, 250. None of the parts will interchange.They're very close but not at all.
They even even go so far as look similar too
If you can afford it and give people a heads up and save them from buying a horrible product or possibly a decent product and save money it's cool!
@@landoncustomclassics check back in a week and see all the people completely ok with buying a knock off. It’s rather remarkable actually. This one is not great, but of all the knock offs I’ve reviewed, it’s probably been the best.
@MuscleCarSolutions I buy the like $15 lawn mower carbs. They've done ok. My brother bought a knockoff for my dad's Honda 4 wheeler. It wouldn't fire, but ended up being the tps sensor so we put the old one on and it's worked fine.
Good review mate. I buy whatever gives me best value for money. As you have shown, the Holley is probably the better product, simply because you can get the parts for it, even if this carby worked we'll on an engine. I would be very interested to see how it actually runs and performs on a standard engine, as that is obviously the market it it aimed at
I’ve done a number of these knock off reviews. Sometime I’ll rotate them out and do a quick review of on engine performance out of the box and with what limited tuning that can be done. That’s what will end up killing them. There’s just no further support if someone actually wants to get them to run at their optimum performance and economy.
The difference in jet sizes and other restriction sizes is neither here nor there. A 600cfm carb can have any number of combinations of restrictions depending on the exact engine and chassis package.
Even two identical cars but one has header pipes and a different intake manifold could require complete different jets, pvcr, accel pump, power valve and air bleeds, but both have 600cfm 1850s.
You have to tune them for what you have. Nice of them to give you some extra jets or air bleeds.
It looks to me like the carburetor wasn't so much modeled after an original Holley carburetor as it was copied from an aftermarket upgraded version of a Holley design.
Can't wait to see how it works on an engine, how it actually performs.
I don't do knock-off ever.. Not worth my time..
Ty for the review!!! 🤠🤠🤠
It keeps the gaskets pliable and it prevents them from shrinking in case that it's in storage for a long time
What keeps the gaskets pliable?
Thats not what stoddard fluid is for. It’s an alternative to fuel that doesn’t have the high flammability risks and allow for flow or leak testing.
BTW I am driving this "very rare" 98 Ford E 150 Club Wagon. There are less than 100 around in this country. People call it a "Chevy Van" or "the A-Team Car" because they don´t know better. Normal people never get the chance to see the difference, it just does not happen that US trucks are parked next to each other on the street. You may see one of the very rare F 150s or Ram 1500 from time to time over here...
What does Chimeu call it, a Hardley?
Thanks for posting this video and breaking it down. I bought my basic Holley 3310 in classic finish back in 1996 for $189. Now, as of the writing of this comment, the same carb is $574 from the Holley site (subject to change at any moment) and the 1850's aren't too far behind that. As a consumer, it can be tempting to fall for this crap because the price is so low but there's something so fishy about it and you did a great job with your video of exposing the utter garbage one can end up with if one falls for the "too good to be true" marketing.
I am curious, were you confirm if the threads on the jets, power valve, bowl screws, idle screws etc. are SAE or metric? It would suck if this was discovered part way through a jet change or a rebuild.
Price of everything is up these days. Still plenty of cores available if it’s a carburetor you’re after. The amount of these knockoffs flooding the market should be criminal.
I remember that back in the 70's a Holley 0-4779 750 double pumper was $89, they are now close to $800.
I appreciate your videos!
If you do a deep dive into Temu you’ll find most the products are made and shipped from areas of China that are rife with slavery.
Barely sociable here on YT did a good video on it.
Question watching the specs of the jets .. and materials made of..
Is it possible they designed it
For the environment of e85 !?
That’s just a thought 💭.!? Because of the standard deviation of gas in the times
those jets looks like what i got for my moped "mikuni" carburator..... and those numbers corresponds to tuned twostroke moped numbers on jets
I work for a auto body shop and they buy the cheap Chinese knock off parts and I assemble cars and I'm always dealing with poor quality parts and fitment there is a reason they get the knick name cheap knock off lol
@@andrewforster4974 I was a manufacturers rep for quite a few years and had a client that brought in collision repair panels and parts. All China and ridiculously cheap. The mark up in that industry is insane.
To anyone looking into buying a knock off carb to cheaply got a project going.. please don't.
U can buy quality name brand carbs dirt cheaply on the used market. Pretty well every town has atleast one old man garage with several carbs laying around.
Holley stands by their used products and their customer service is happy to help with any holley carb regardless of age or how much u spent on it.
people with the knock-offs are saying they don't care about the future their kids will one day get to experience.
you can't get much cheaper than that.
It’s actually drilled with metric drills 1.65 mm 1.70mm 1.80mm 2.00mm so the number is exact size in metric drills well as good as china drill bit tolerance can be lol
Jets are 'flow rated' Holley did that for a while and everyone hated it.
I have done a China 350 2 bbl. Needle and seat was stuck which is common from being on the shelf. Used all Holley parts in it. Crappy finish but I had no complaint so I guess it was ok. Holley jets fitted but I used the ones it came with.
Most Holleys are alloy these days. I have just bought an 850 Edelbrock and it weighs around the same as a diecast 3310. It seems some of it is alloy and some diecast.
Read the Holley website, there is a dozen versions of the 600 and they all use different size mains. Ditto with a 750 d/p. I normally use those numbers to make the carb original again. So many idiots use small jets to gain economy,, and melt the engine or use bigger jets to go faster and usually end up way too rich. Though a dyno is the only true way of jetting. 350 Chev race engine with Dart 2 heads and a Victor Jnr,, 830 annular. as the book said 80s all round and it was good on the dyno. Went to Victor race heads with a 2925 intake and had tp go down to 76 all way around. The intake system was all far more efficient and required less fuel to do the same job. And it had over 40hp more and was far livelier from 5000-7500. But had nothing under 3500!
You will find the Holley gasket does fit. 1850 and 1860 use a different gasket.Those bowl and metering gaskets are plain junk. As Holley ones used to be in the past!
Holley have got way too expensive and have been for quite a while. So really do not deserve any special treatment. 650 spread bores are made in Japan!
Would I buy one? Maybe for a stock engine, that is after I have been right through it. Though that costs money and time. I feel sure it would do fine on a stock gunker. Performance engine? Never. But a 4160 is never a performance carb ever.
My experience with knock off carburetors is there’s no money saved. The headache of tuning those carburetors is not worth it. I’ve only dealt with motorcycle carburetors but they’ve been difficult to tune and finicky. That is not what you want.
You only probed the front half of the emulsion holes. They are much smaller than what you've shown
You are measuring wrong. there is no way you have .081 emulsion. Are you measuring the lead in hole? Th emulsion bleed is at the bottom of the lead in holes. should be .026-.029
jet sizes are 100% metric - ie 0.064in = 0.165mm
That said, would be interesting to see a dyno test with size/type equivalent Holley carb (granted that the hardware was all pre-checked to make sure none of it goes through a motor.
My gut says this won't produce the same numbers or the repeatability that can be had from a quality carb.
You got it. Knock off is just steeling someone else's research and design. Good luck with rebuild parts. I stick to a known Holly. Thanks for the review.😊
The hardware they signed with you is probably a standard kit. They sent with all those type carburetors whether it has a choke. Cable or not, the hardware kit is pre-made for that. Technically, the choke electric choke version and they just send it in every kit. Even manual joke
@@zachbredeson7976 Exactly. They aren't spending time picking out a 2 cent wire.
I agree with you, it really irritates me that its so hard to get ahold of quality American made parts.
@@stevehilligoss4982 depends on where you look. But without a doubt the last 20+ years have not been kind to US manufacturing. Given the cost of everything going through the roof and labor at an all time high. Insurance, consumables, raw materials. I’m thankful I’m at the end of my career and won’t have to deal with this much longer. I’m all for higher wages, but it does put a bigger strain on a system that was tipping towards the edge anyway.
I think the numbers on the jets is like we used on my car, and is flow numbers, not pin numbers.
Was waiting for u to put it on s.thing and run it to see how it works. Good review tho
@@garnethart1137 we talked about that at the end! Coming soon.
The biggest thing about it does it work on the vehicle. That's what everyone really needs to know.
@@neilkratzer3182 had to know what we were working with before the install. That way we know why an area in the rpm range works or doesn’t. Part two coming up where we put all these to a simple initial adjustment and a road test with AFR data. Stay tuned!
I would LOVE to save money on an Ikea-like carb "kit". Hell, if I can buy a Holley HP for 1/2 price.. I'm IN!! But.. THIS? NO. Mostly because you can't get off the shelf replacement parts. This is great if you're just trying to get an old car running, but it's not for every day driving.
@@mechanknuckle it may “look” like a Holley, but when measured, it’s not even close.
I was interested to figure this out and the best i can come up with is its in micrometers
these appear to be similar to keihin large round motorcycle carb jets
I got one and it sucked the accelerator pump didn’t work and after I fixed that it ideled ok ran ok light throttle but give it a some heavy throttle and gust shut down. I swaped out the Bowles on to a good old Holley body I had and it runs great with that carb body and the bowls off that pic of junk.
The price is tempting I should've bought a brawler back when they wasn't 750
@@MVPisME383 prices rarely come down but man are things ridiculously high these days. Hopefully once inflation is better under control we’ll see some prices drop.
when i entered your numbers into a conversion app they definitely came close to a decimal value in cm
Does it work, though?
Can you drop a Holley metering plate in and put in a Holley rebuild kit since Holley is running carbs @ close to 900 bucks for a carb that needs a lot of work to use it brand spanking new. Run it on an engine at least after you go through it like new Holley requires. Sure we are all sick of Chinockoffs, but in the current market where inflation and American companies are charging far way to F'ing much for products trying to maximize their profits to the max and at the same time crappy support and no available product making you wait months. I have waited 5 months for my CompCams camshaft which I switched from Lunati since they could not give me a delivery date which was waiting months for, so I switched to Comp to only get screwed again. The rocker arms are still back ordered until Sep 28 when I ordered them as "in stock" on April 12th. Stop knocking people who need to get their old car running as economically as possible when you do not highlight the companies ripping off Americans, providing shizz support if any at all, and taking half a year to get the product.
@@januaryonenineteenseventy4195 😆 very funny.
just convert metric to imperial so add a decimal after the first digit to chineese numbers it makes sense 2 mm is almost exactly .078 of an inch... and while not EXACT conversion it's close on the others also. 165 is 1.65mm etc etc.
Never tried the knock off Holley just the Carter BBD.
Im going to try the Edelbrock 4150
So would the Holley metering block fit and work on the temu carb
@@hackitgarage6503 not on this one. At least it wasn’t any of the VS metering blocks I had that would fit.
You get what you pay for!!!! I think I will happily buy the good stuff made here in the United States 👍👍👍👍👍👍
@@jimstern4244 even a used brand name if you don’t want to buy new is light years ahead of this junk.
@@MuscleCarSolutions thank you for these awesome videos and don’t pay any attention to those folks that are to cheap to listen to you they will regret it because the screw fell out of their cheap Chinese carburetor and blew up their motor !!
@@jimstern4244 not my engine! But I hate to see folks make bad decisions thinking it’s going to save them money or time. All I can do is provide the info. Thank you! Very much appreciated. 🇺🇸
@@MuscleCarSolutions I think your doing a great service to the muscle car community keep the videos coming 👍
@@jimstern4244 appreciate that! Have lots planned. Just need the time to be able to get them all done! Thank you very much.
What gets me with these is that Asia is been well known for decades at being fairly good at just making a 1:1 copy of an item......(usually its captured military equipment). Why they went to all this trouble without just making it an exact copy is beyond me.
If they are like small engine carbs, it's a toss up if it runs at all
Will it do the job?
I wouldn't buy one, but the holley on my car was 720.00. This one was what you said, 90? This is why people go China. Can't beat the price. I AM guilty of buying a Chinesium carburetor for my mini bike😊
@@GroovyConlin it had just come out and I had a first time user discount. I think they’re about 300 right now. I’d still spend the 720 for the Holley.
How about putting it on a motor and see what happens???
(Don't Work) won't idle no throttle response stalls when you hammer the gas.
@@peterrivney552 watch the video! There’s a plan for running the knock offs.
I think, these numbers are jets flow on test bench, maybe cc/min with 1 metre of water column. Sorry for my language, I'm not native speaker.
P.S. And my choice for my old cars are Edelbrock AVS2.
I’d love for that to be the case, but I’m guessing any high tech testing equipment isn’t on the menu for these knock off companies. Make them cheap and get them out the door is all they care about.
And your English or translator is good. 👍
Other than the obvious throttle body screws issue I don't think your conclusion is fair without running it. Hope you follow up.
@@ToddMcF2002 oh we’ll put them on my mild small block and I think based on how unbalanced that metering block is, it will be very inconsistent. I’m sure even with the datalog there will still be plenty of people willing to support it. Maybe this fall we’ll do one video with all the knock offs back to back to back.
What is that kit you use to test Jet sizes?
@@LUCIDMOTO I linked the kit in the description.
@@MuscleCarSolutions 👌
The jets are metric, just like weber, mikuni, keihn, etc
1.65mm 1.95mm 2.00mm 2.05mm. It's that simple. Standard to metric conversion
Love Hollrey carbs😂
I find that anytime there is a knock off of a product is because companies have decided to have their products made in China instead of USA. This is why manufacturing needs to be brought back to America.
It's sorta like a carb that some Dumas says he remade special fer his hot rod yugo.
@@sporty196071 something like that. 😂😂
Lord have mercy, the winning is palpable.
The knock off market on Amazon is crazy. To me it looks like they have almost doubled in price
@@BPattB eBay is just as bad and they refuse to protect American brands. Their VERO program to remove knock offs is a joke. I rarely use eBay anymore and I used to drive all my sales through that site.
Hmm. Why is it missing the discharge nozzle/ squirter?
@@kensutherland414 it’s a 4160 series knock off.
Throw it away
@@brracing7861 eventually that’s exactly what’s going to happen to it!
Are the jets in mm
Next will be crate motors of every size for both ford and chev..🤣🤣
@@rebekahfrench5747 would not surprise me at all.
I wouldn't run that on my worst enemy's car.
You're just about guaranteed to end up with a butterfly screw in a cylinder somewhere.
Which makes that a VERY expensive carburetor.
And I'll bet the metallurgy is all over the place.
Would be interesting to see how long it held up to ethanol....
Temu can sell so cheap because they compromise your personal info including selling CC numbers . This has been documented., and can be checked out with a couple key strokes.
I used the ex wife’s credit card. No one wants that info.
@@FinnellRacing smart!
@@MuscleCarSolutions Lmao, Good thinking.
I was hoping you were going to try this on a motor
How does it run?
That will be in a future video
2:25 They should have ordered the good, Zip Lock Bags, from Taiwan! :)
Cholley carb flow tested with primo gutter oil
The jets are in metric. 1mm=.039” the 200 is .078” 1.65 is .0645” etc interesting
In all my experiences I've ever seen.When it comes to knock offs of any kind they cannot do a hundred percent 1 for 1all the cross the board due to patent infringement and possible lawsuits
One word JUNK. I bought a knockoff street avenger for a dump truck that had been sitting for ten years just to see if i could get it running. It is what I expected it got the truck running, but I will never buy one for something I care about.
Made in USA. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. A DAYS WAGES FOR A CARB WITH PROVEN HISTORY 😁
Man you must be making a pretty good wage
I see customs have inspected the item .
Holley Jet sizes DO NOT directly correlate to the Hole diameter.
Some people want the lowest price at any cost.
Do they make a "chominator" too ?
😳 let’s hope not!
if they used metric threads, and metric bolts, the jets will be metric drilled...
I believe the o-rings on there to provide resistance
@@stevehilligoss4982 resistance to what?
@@MuscleCarSolutionsanother word that keeps it from turning freely
In the old Holley carburetors that use cork o-ring to keep it from turning freely
@stevehilligoss4982 the cork is there to seal it. It had a black rubber one on this carb. The additional o-rings aren’t necessary. Unless there’s something more awful to this carb that we haven’t experienced yet.
Don't be ashamed to have bought that carb. How do you think we as consumers that try to buy quality American made products spend the money for American brands and we get our what ever it is and you read on the box made in China, Taiwan, Mexico etc..