Dictionary of automotive terms. 2015.
variable-choke carburetor — See variable venturi carburetor … Dictionary of automotive terms
variable-venturi — See air valve carburetor … Dictionary of automotive terms
Carburetor — Bendix Technico (Stromberg) 1 barrel downdraft carburetor model BXUV 3, with nomenclature A carburetor (American spelling), carburettor, or carburetter (Commonwealth spelling) is a device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine … Wikipedia
carburetor — Optionally spelled carburetter or carburettor. A device that vaporizes fuel and mixes it with air in proper quantities and proportions to suit the varying needs of the engine. A filter screens the air which is drawn into the carburetor. Here the… … Dictionary of automotive terms
venturi — That part of a tube, channel, pipe, etc., so tapered as to form a smaller or constricted area. A liquid, or a gas, moving through this constricted area will speed up and as it passes the narrowest point, a partial vacuum will be formed. The taper … Dictionary of automotive terms
venturi tube — A short tube with a constricted passage that increases the velocity and lowers the pressure of a fluid conveyed through it. The venturi, or choke tube, in a carburetor is used to suck the fuel from the float chamber through a discharge nozzle… … Dictionary of automotive terms
SU carburetor — A widely used type of variable venturi carburetor in Britain. It was named after Skinners Union, a long established manufacturer of variable venturi carburetors: the first SU carburetor was patented in 1905 by George Herbert Skinner who went on… … Dictionary of automotive terms
Stromberg carburetor — A type of variable venturi carburetor … Dictionary of automotive terms
VV carburetor — See variable venturi carburetor … Dictionary of automotive terms
SU carburetor — SU carburettors (named for Skinners Union, the company that produced them) were a brand of carburettor usually of the sidedraught type but downdraught variants were used on some pre war cars. They were widely used in British (Austin, Morris,… … Wikipedia
