| Most people don't consider how cars have advanced | | | | commonly assumed by amateur car enthusiasts. |
| in the past 30 years, but when you sit down and take | | | | As complex as it sounds, the carburetor was not the |
| a look at the differences you might be quite surprised. | | | | best solution for vehicles. In fact, it did not always |
| A rather significant change in recent years has been | | | | perform as expected, especially when the engine was |
| the switch from carburetors to fuel injection. | | | | cold. Cold engines made it difficult for the fuel to burn |
| The carburetor was invented by a German man | | | | readily and also made it condense on the walls of the |
| named Karl Benz and was subsequently patented in | | | | intake manifold. Consequently, the choke was added |
| 1886. Colloquially it is referred to as the "carb" or as the | | | | to carbureted engines to allow for a richer fuel/air |
| "carby" in Australia and its surrounding islands. The | | | | mixture that would offset the cold. This solution |
| carburetor was a means of delivering fuel and air to | | | | worked, but was still annoying for the average driver. |
| the engine of a vehicle. Its chief purpose was the | | | | In the modern day, vehicles are fuel injected. And as |
| properly and evenly mix fuel with air. Following | | | | the name suggests, fuel is injected directly to the |
| Bernoulli's principle, the carburetor directs the air to | | | | cylinders, allowing the air to enter elsewhere and |
| move fast through it thus reducing its static pressure | | | | eliminating the need for the conventional choke. Now |
| and increasing its dynamic pressure. The speed and | | | | the ECU (Electronic Control Unit) governs the fuel |
| flow of the air actually determines how much fuel | | | | injection for a perfect mix of efficiency, power, and |
| passes through the carburetor, not the throttle as is | | | | reliability. Isn't technology great? |