SOLD 1971 Carter AVS Carburetor

[rarefish]

Selling the New/Reman Carter AVS Carb 4966S
I bought this many years ago at the Mopar Nationals. I came in a plain white box label as "New" but that being
so it may be a remanufactured one. It is still in the box I bought it in as I never installed it on a engine.
Its application is for a 1971 C-body with a 440 engine, but could be used on most any V8 engine.

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[73Coupe]

The casting has either a raw sand cast finish or a bead blast finish, but I'm leaning towards what your box says - that this is "new" since the press fit items such as hose nipples do not appear to have been bead blasted and have their plated finish intact. Not all, but some carb remanufacturers just blast the entire carb without disassembling it first, resulting in a sloppy job and rendering the steel components prone to corrosion since blasting tends to strip the plating. This one looks legit.

 

[SIPLOWGUY]

The casting has either a raw sand cast finish or a bead blast finish, but I'm leaning towards what your box says - that this is "new" since the press fit items such as hose nipples do not appear to have been bead blasted and have their plated finish intact. Not all, but some carb remanufacturers just blast the entire carb without disassembling it first, resulting in a sloppy job and rendering the steel components prone to corrosion since blasting tends to strip the plating. This one looks legit.

Have to agree, besides, who puts back the limiter caps?

 

[GOLDMYN]

just to mention and I hope I'm not wrong. there are 2 versions of that carb due to California emissions, it will say low next to the part#, need better pix, let me know, I have one

 

[73Coupe]

@saforwardlook would probably be familiar with the difference in federal vs CA emissions carbs.

 

[saforwardlook]

@saforwardlook would probably be familiar with the difference in federal vs CA emissions carbs.

In 1971 there was no significant difference visually unless it was one that was used on a 440 HP engine, which doesn't appear to be the case in your situation. It if had been a 440 HP California application, it would have had an extra idle retard solenoid mounted on the base of the carburetor that retarded timing some 5 degrees at idle to lower emissions of nitrogen oxides in California to meet California's more strict NOx standards than Federal requirements in 1971.

I used to want to buy NOS carter 4bbls with matching numbers for my various 1971 model year 440 engine Chryslers that I am or have finished restoring. I think I might still have maybe one or two original ones around that are definitely NOS and never used. But I decided many years ago now to not even care about matching numbers since all those model year Chrysler 440s with Carter 4 bbls just didn't have the performance and warm up driveability off the line either during warm up or even when fully warm that was really very good. The Holley 4 bbls did have better warm up and off the line driveability/performance than the Carters ever did but they only lasted a few years at best before the intermediate metering blocks on those models began to warp badly and couldn't really be rebuilt satisfactorily.

What matters to me most these days is a good warm up driving experience with no stumbles or passouts during launcn and excellent launch feel and passing power after warm up.

For me when the latest Edelbrock carburetors came out they are all I use anymore on any of my 440 engine Chryslers. Their engine performance under any conditions is excellent and after all these years, that is all that matters to me. Matching numbers mean nothing to me when it comes to carburetors. All around excellent performance is all that matters these days.