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Offline necromonger

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check this out
« on: January 25, 2012, 08:15:42 am »
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Offline Stewart G Griffin

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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2012, 09:41:36 am »
Look interesting but reputation unknown ---to me;   Customer feedback or personal experience is gold.


Also, what do they have against import carbs----for example webers?
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Offline fitz

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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2012, 12:26:26 pm »
By the time you pay them to rebuild your carb and pay to ship it 2 times your close $$ wise to buying a new carb.
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Offline bake74

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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2012, 07:07:21 am »
Quote from: Stewart G Griffin on January 25, 2012, 09:41:36 am
Look interesting but reputation unknown ---to me;   Customer feedback or personal experience is gold.


Also, what do they have against import carbs----for example webers?

     Just an observation on my part, and only my observation.  The gentleman in the picture who is talking has probably served our country (with which I am grateful), but someone there has something against foreign countries and their products to want to only work on "American made" carb's. 
     Now that is his/her God giving right here in the country, but it also limits their business opportunities.  Now they might be happy and content on the amount of business they are doing.  But I find it odd the disdaine he has in his voice when he says that they only rebuild "domestic carb's", and they are the best.  That is a bold statement, lots of experience yes, best, I don't know.
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Offline TexasRed

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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2012, 06:51:30 am »
a lot of holleys are cast in japan.
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Offline Dr_Snooz

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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2012, 11:53:25 pm »
I would guess he had a bad experience rebuilding one of those ungodly Japanese carbs. I know I did. "Keihin" is a four-letter word in my vocabulary.
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Offline necromonger

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« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2012, 09:43:59 am »
Why is made in the USA a sin.
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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2012, 09:52:21 am »
So you can buy a rebuilt backyard edelbrock or a nice shiney one for $5 more.  http://www.jegs.com/i/Edelbrock/350/9906/10002/-1?CT=999 Anyone who can't rebuild a japanese carburetor shouldn't be in the carburetor rebuilding business. Looks pretty sketchy to me.
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Offline Stewart G Griffin

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Re: check this out
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2012, 08:36:54 am »
Quote from: bake74 on January 26, 2012, 07:07:21 am
Quote from: Stewart G Griffin on January 25, 2012, 09:41:36 am
Look interesting but reputation unknown ---to me;   Customer feedback or personal experience is gold.


Also, what do they have against import carbs----for example webers?

     Just an observation on my part, and only my observation.  The gentleman in the picture who is talking has probably served our country (with which I am grateful), but someone there has something against foreign countries and their products to want to only work on "American made" carb's. 
     Now that is his/her God giving right here in the country, but it also limits their business opportunities.  Now they might be happy and content on the amount of business they are doing.  But I find it odd the disdaine he has in his voice when he says that they only rebuild "domestic carb's", and they are the best.  That is a bold statement, lots of experience yes, best, I don't know.

Right----someone has to fix (namely him) import carbs and sell (namely him) import carbs.   i don't get it.  But i guess this a topic for another thread.

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