I bought a 4100 from Pony and when it was installed on my 289 it worked as advertised, flawlessly. I have heard from others that Jon can be an A$$ and he publicly admitted that he can get obnoxious with customers who don't follow his instructions to the "T"
I only had one issue with the carb and that was when I went down an extremely steep hill , 45 degree, and the carb flooded.
I really like the looks of Summits new carb, it seems to be a 4100 clone. If I didn't have a very good performing 670 Street Avenger on my 331 I would definately be looking at one of those.
If it runs as good as a 4100, they'll have something there...
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66 2+2 C Code Auto. 52K miles.
Something quite different coming eventually.
now sandblasted and DP40'd since this pic was taken.
a two legged hole shot, even with a munged up carb and snow tires...
I used to run 4100s back in the day. Now I run the Edelbrock 500 cfm carb. IMO the throttle response and secondary action is very similar to the 4100. Plus they are very simple carbs that are easy to work on and to tune.
I realize that a properly set up Holley will outperform an Edelbrock but some of us are willing to give up ultimate performance for something a little simpler and (in my experience) less tempermental.
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1967 Shelby GT350, dark green, 347 stroker, 5-speed, inboards, #2206
1973 Mustang Convertible, white/white, black stripes, Q-code (351C-4V), ram air.
1968 1/2 428 CJ convertible, R-code, red/deluxe red, auto, finally finished.
"If you find the car of your dreams, ignore the price guides and pay whatever you have to in order to get it."
I have only used them once, and the carb would not shut off and spilled fuel all over the engine. They tried to blame it on dirt on the needle seat. I rebuilt it proper and it runs just fine now.
Dave
interesting. My father had a carb for is 289 rebuilt by them. it looks really good and performed great. however after sitting awhile it started to develope this issue where it would not shut off fuel flow and it would spill all over the engine. Running the carb dry would help stop this. Contacted PC and they where helpful but nothing really came of it. We did check the fuel pressure and it was high, so we put an old pump on that we had and it was closer to spec fuel pressure and its been fine since as far as I recall.
If all you ever read was MMonthly, you would think that Pony Carburetors was the only way to go. Their articles always made PC out to be the inventors of sliced bread and the Internet.
It gets back to my earlier point about magazines and why I don't care for them anymore. Advertise poo in a box and they'll say it's gold.
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The stable:
65 'T' Coupe 302 HO 5 speed (5/65) ~ First Mustang
65 'A' Convertible 4 speed Factory GT (5/65)
65 'A' Fastback 289 4 speed (2/65) ~ Calico driver
65 'A' Coupe 289 Auto Factory GT (3/65) ~ Parts car
66 F100 460 Auto ~ Grandpa's truck
Get in touch with Robert Cook @ R&J Automotive in Gardner 913-856-8015. Works on a lot of older cars and especially likes Fords. He doesn't charge KC shop prices. He did a great job on my 65.
I used to run 4100s back in the day. Now I run the Edelbrock 500 cfm carb. IMO the throttle response and secondary action is very similar to the 4100. Plus they are very simple carbs that are easy to work on and to tune.
I realize that a properly set up Holley will outperform an Edelbrock but some of us are willing to give up ultimate performance for something a little simpler and (in my experience) less tempermental.
I agree, my Eddy has given me much less problems than the Holley I was using. In fact it has given me no problems whatsoever. As far as the performance issue, I don't race my car so it is not a concern. I wanted reliabilty.
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1965 C code fastback with; 306 c.i. w/Keith Black 9.3:1 CR; ARP; Edelbrock Performer RPM big valve heads, Air Gap intake and Performer 600 cfm carb; Hooker comp headers; MSD; mild performance cam; roller rockers; windage tray; 3.55 trac-loc rear; T5; Unisteer Power R&P; Ididit tilt column; Scat Procar Rally seats; LeCarra steering wheel; JME bezel with Autometer gauges; Tinman SFC; 265 RWHP/289 RWTQ.
Pony carb bought a bunch of cores from me, but never paid me for them. I tried for YEARS to get my money (around $200) and they just blew me off. I spoke PERSONALLY to John, and got the runaround, so I am glad to inform anyone how poorly they treated me and stole my stuff.
I had Pony Carburetors do my Autolite 4300, back in '98. While it was in their shop, I bought an Edelbrock Performer 1406 Carburetor, to use while I waited for mine to be rebuilt. I never took the 4300 out of the box, when it came back. It's still in the box up in my garage attic. That Edelbrock is a great carburetor.
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'67 Convertible 289-4V, C4
'92 Bronco 302 EFI, E40D Auto
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