Holley carburetor main jet sizing question

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Jack, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. Jack

    Jack Guest

    I'm curious about an apparent inconsistency in the size stamped onto the
    Holley main jets that came out of a Holley two-barrel 6280 feedback carb
    designed for the Chrysler 3.9L engine that went into the 1987 Dakota V6.

    The jet is stamped "175", but the hole appears slightly less than 1 mm
    in diameter so the 175 cannot be in reference to the hole size, which
    would normally indicate a 1.75 mm opening.

    Could this be in reference to flow rate that was used by the 124-XXX
    series of Holley main jets? I couldn't find anything that referred to a
    Holley 124-175 main jet anywhere on the web and Holley wants an
    incredible amount of info before they will accept an email inquiry. The
    following site has a table of equivalence between the 124-XXX jets that
    are flow rated and the older 22R-103-XXX that are size rated.
    http://www.mazdatruckin.com/B2200/5200.html The chart is a little past
    halfway down and is titled: "Main Jet Conversions".

    A quote from the article reads,

    "Note that not all available jets may be listed as they might not flow
    an equivalent volume between old and new jets."

    A flow rate of 175 cc per minute seems low but these main jets were
    augmented by the jet that was controlled by the mixture control
    solenoid, so maybe the 175 *does* refer to flow rate.

    Anyone know for sure? Holley website was no help. The Holley Tech
    Service Request Form was like a final exam and I guess was put up to
    deter people like me looking for info on arcane, abandoned technology.

    Jack
     
    Jack, Dec 17, 2008
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