The last Great Quality Carburetor & It is from China Jegs Carb Review

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[@jesseduke694]

The jegs carb looks like a awsome carb! Do they only come with electric choke? Can i switch it over to a manual choke? I like the finish alot! Thunderhead 289 has some videos using the summit brand carb & he said he likes it alot.

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

I cannot recommend the carbs anymore, the last one I had was complete and utter junk, the original versions Jegs used to offer were really nice and quite well made, but the most recent version they released are just crap.

[@jesseduke694]

@ScottsSpeedShop that's to bad. I do thank you for responding to me & letting me know. If they worked it looks like it could have some nice features.

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

@jesseduke694 not a problem man, the first version they made like the one in the video is leaps and bounds better than the newer version they have out now. I have always told my viewers I'd be honest with them.

[@Thumper68]

@@ScottsSpeedShop you should change title on this video

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

@@Thumper68 you're right. I've been meaning to do it, but I keep hoping they will bring it back

[@scotthay1486]

Glad to hear you are sending those holleys back for refund. Customers only voice is their wallets. Customer loyalty will only extend so far, and holley are crapping on their customers from a great height. Holley however are not alone in this fiscal behaviour, UTG and others have had auto parts problems with hydraulic lifters and dodgy camshafts.. Best regards.

[@oldschoolmodeler]

Exactly what I said on the last video. You are 100% right on everything you said. It's a damn shame that a made in China carburetor is way better quality and better priced then a made in usa carburetor.

[@imcrazyforwar]

the irony the Chinese companies will make anything as good as you want them to. it all depends on cost. and the irony is the "American" carbs are built in china anyway

[@JB-ro3sz]

made in china but designed and engineered by americans over decades, with hundreds of thousands of hours of r and d, it's not as hard to copy something that someone else has spent a lifetime developing and that has to be worth something. if those metering plates and bowls would fit a holley and are priced reasonable i would buy them and upgrade my holley with them.

[@nuffelbagget9173]

@imcrazyforwar you should see the holley factory, they're assembled and tested by hand.

[@dwaynemoorehead1199]

Put that Jegs carb on Dads van! Would be a great test mule and a early birthday present!!

[@ThePaulv12]

Even though vac secondaries are a bit crappy you can actually do some good things with them particularly in multi carb setups. Based on your findings I wouldn't hesitate using a couple of these modded a bit to my liking. So you can find these adjustable vac cannisters that have ports on top so you can synchronize the secondary openings. I assume Holley ones will fit the Jegs carb, then you can play around with the adjuster screw[s] to open the secondaries sooner or later. On top of that you can convert them to fully adjustable metering blocks if the dual quad installation isn't inline. So you'd almost get two modified Jegs vac sec carbs including Jegs fully adjustable metering blocks for the cost of one Holley DP + better metering blocks. Edit: I should add, it kinda comes down to long term durability with the Jegs carb. You see vac sec Holleys that are decades old and you can still often rebuild them. I wonder if you'll ever see that from the Jegs Chinese carbs. The fact they have square bases is important. I'm disgusted as you with those idiot Holley bases I must say. What the hell is going on there I wonder? Who's letting this into the hands of customers? Why is it happening? Who's responsible? What's the deal with QC? Why, How? WTF??? The other thing is production run changes that might render your Jegs modded carbs useless if you have to change them because they wore out. Time will tell I guess.

[@RealGenX]

You may not have noticed but the full linkage and parts are stainless, not cheap stamping. Great reviews

[@carmiethompson2676]

As a Tooling Engineer, I've designed Dies(Die Casting) & Molds(Plastic Injection) & what I see is similar to the corporate ladder climb like the Automakers. You can't start & continue the climb unless you 'make money'. That means, deferred maintenance or prolonging the regular maintenance schedule. It also means that the time required to properly 'cast' or 'mold' a component has been improperly shortened. "Time is Money". So the people who make these 'decisions' are not familiar w/ the process like they need to be. You made the right decision to return the junk. The improperly machined mounting surface would've been enough for me.

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

It's absolutely dumbfounding to me how far Holley carburetor quality has sunk. An HP holley from 10 years ago didn't have any of these issues and it was made out of basically pot metal. Now they are made out of aluminum.... I'll just never understand why they deem this acceptable other than some sort of agenda, to get rid of carburetors. Oh and thanks for watching and leaving a comment like that. We definitely need folks like you leaving comments like that, maybe, just maybe we can have an impact on Holleys decision making process

[@carmiethompson2676]

@@ScottsSpeedShop The only way greed is addressed & corrected is what you are doing right now, returning poorly made product for a FULL refund. Also, letting Holley's competitor's know of your disgust w/ Holley's product. What you showed in your video is lengthy to explain in a forum like this, so I generalized the condition, "Time is Money" & that means greed. Just to clarify, I don't want people to think that I'm referring to Capitalism, that's a completely different angle & it's a good thing. It's just that some people think the 'short-cut'(to enable the greed) is acceptable. Stay angry.

[@stevenbean9706]

One of the first departments at GE that was done away with was quality control ! They retired and eliminated positions until it was non existent ! I knew our division was being set up to fail at that point . Then jeff immelt did away with our savings and security dept and turned everything over to fidelity investments they locked us entirely out of our ability to make our own investment decisions and as a result of their decisions I lost about half a million dollars ! They are criminals running corporations nowdays

[@stevenbean9706]

@@ScottsSpeedShop the corporate c e o s have an agenda to fill their bank accounts and kill america ! And Politicians reward them for doing it

[@carmiethompson2676]

@@stevenbean9706 That's incredible & scary. I hope you have some legal recourse. We're talking about Capitalism here & what you've described is pure Greed, which isn't Capitalism. It's an economic system that allows two or more parties to mutually agree on a course of business action for the benefit of those involved. What happened to you was the opposite of the trust you placed in the company based on your word to help the company achieve a profit & a competitive edge over rivals. The new owners abused their privilege by backstabbing you like that. Best wishes.

[@junebugsgarage3134]

That's a great deal on the Jegs Carboratitor it looks amazing and well put together

[@jaymoe5.7]

I'm ordering up a AED carb for my drag car. They ask you a million questions about your car and custom build you a carb that's setup to run almost perfect on your application. Obviously like anything else it'll need a few small tweaks but the fit finish and quality is bar none. Also have you ever messed with a Quick Fuel carb? I have one currently and it's been great!

[@dannybarlow4256]

That’s what’s on my 383 and it’s great

[@timothyhays1817]

You almost like taking a road trip to Bowling Green KY. Carbs I hand to show Holly directly. Not much of a Corvette fan but when in Rome. It's something else to justify a road trip.

[@tommyhall8301]

Good to see you an your dad again buddy

[@lilypondgarage2968]

Most every car part if bought in last few years from China has been junk so the other day when I needed 2 new carbs for my project I bought 2 nos Holley's off eBay back when they made good stuff

[@deopersad2915]

Awesome thanks for showing the difference between them, and yeah the finish on the hollys is bad 😞, good you are sending them back 👍🏽😀 I got a old carb to do up later, it's a economy 4 barrel but it's good to make it a bit cheaper to run a v8 around, I had a 2 barrel on a Holden V8 was really good on gas 😂 most guys swap it for a 4 barrel 👍🏻🤙🏼

[@johnparrish9215]

It looks just like the new Summit carbs at the same price. The Summit 850 double pumper is model SUM-CARB850 and costs $419.99 Not in stock of course

[@paullittle2037]

im curious to know why you would want mechanical secondaries on a automatic trans. street car and dont like chokes either

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

I only run mechanical secondary carbs on my stuff, I don't trust vacuum to control my carbs, and at the end of the day, my 340 is going to be a very performance oriented engine

[@jeffrykopis5468]

You don't need chokes? And it's -2 outside? You must have a modern daily driver with EFI.

[@diegosilang4823]

It looks like Holley had been using same manual intensive manufacturing process since 1950's. These cheap Chinese ones have questionable QA and haphazardly made, but using modern and flexible manufacturing technique which means they can make carburetors from lawn mowers all the way to Quadjet clones in large volumes.

[@TallGarage]

china quality keeps improving by leaps and bounds, they will soon be better then us.

[@JohnDoe-ef3wo]

Already are in a lit of ways

[@tomdillard9558]

On the holley carb the baseplate itself is probably not actually warped, the throttle body casting is probably not flat as cast and was not machined to correct it and the baseplate gets distorted when it gets fastened to the throttle body. Makes you wonder what else might wrong inside the throttle body.

[@jeffrykopis5468]

You ain't ever gonna run the JEGS carb? Then why did you buy it? Just to make a video? Ya gonna send it back?

[@rustybritches6747]

Not a bad looking carb at all! I agree I like the matte black finish on the bowl and metering block don't care for the gloss finish on the main body I really like the quick fuel brawler carburetors that's about as much bang for your bucket you can get but have you seen the new Edelbrock 4150 holley style carbs? I really really want one of those!

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

I am waiting for Jegs to get one of the VRS-4150 carbs in stock because I have the perfect car for one

[@tayro7265]

A very bad issue with the Chinese carbs is fasteners. Many don't use knurled screws or Locktight on the butterflies. I've found engines tend to run poorly with carb parts flinging around valves and pistons. That could just be me though. Okay so you just need to rebuild your new carb before you run it. Knowing that, is it still worth it? Yes. Yes it is.

[@roberteastman2651]

Hey bud nothing wroung with a choke and vacum sec for a street car it will run way better at cold start and weather changes all year around vac sec can work good when set up but each to there own choise same as not liking edelbroke cards Ive set up carbs on my 502 bbl chev 650 hp did holly first tuned with oxy sensor in exhust was having trouble keeping it in tune brand new carb same issue as urs bad casting and base ended up having a pooris bowl gas leaked through housing u could see it weep throught the metal holly was no help at all said return it to seller all my time i spent tunening it down the drain Got a edelbroke carb tuned it faster cheaper and gained a much better running eng body of carb was much better casting much nicer polished finish and casting had it on truck now 5 years have not had one issue touch wood with it im living in a snow belt town ont canada truck is driven year around snow rain sun pump gass twice _20 below fires right up smooth fast idle all great in winter i put closed org air cleaner back on ajust mixture screws a bit good to go Holly was a night mare in winter freeze up flood etc have to rejet carb every time weaher changed more then 10 degrees more money and time i to jet kits then carb lol and never mind time My son now 26 drives it i gave it to him for birthday short box c 10 loaded with the 502 it took him acouple days to learn how to tune the edelbroke carb for summer winter change so far 30 k on it if it ever starts to need a rebuild i returned the holly got 2 edelbroke carbs for the price of that one holly good deal he felt bad all the time i spent on it so i still have the extra card in box never open it yet on shelf in my basement nicly on shelf in climate controlled room it will last forever till needed but mite put it on my 67 cornet r /t convert 383 hp with 65 heads and edelbroke intake and header has orig carter afb but having a bit of issues 40 years old plus so i love them carbs but we all have our fav love ur charger and other wheels ur dads car is real nice too that jegs carb would work real nice on dads van just saying good fathersday present lol

[@peterkowalsky6597]

Great video Mr Scott. Would love to see an on vehicle test if possible. If it performs good I will definitely buy 2 of them.

[@bigal878]

I’d like to see these two carbs run up on an engine on the dyno and compare there power wise, A/F ratios etc. as a part of a Holley versus JEGS carby comparison. Food for thought man. 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

Unfortunately I don't have the money to do that. If I use, mount, or take apart that carb, I won't be allowed to return it. So that would be very expensive to test

[@frotobaggins7169]

@@ScottsSpeedShop maybe get with Richard Holdener and do a collaboration. Dyno comparisons are his thing.

[@chadd587]

Holley is moving towards all fuel infection products. Edelbrock has started building beyond street carbs. Theyre moving into the space that Holley has been known for because they know Holley is moving out of carburators.

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

My Holley rep says otherwise

[@jeffrykopis5468]

That black coating should stay nice for a long time, compared to any polished aluminum carb. If you have to park outside, humidity turns the aluminum all chalky. You can spray em with WD-40 or something, but the old dichromate coated, zinc body Holleys didn't need it.

[@JonnyMopar]

I’m pleasantly surprised.

[@andrewhavice8841]

A dyno shutout would be fun to compair as well

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

Nice vid bud! I watched your previous one on the Holley as well, rethinking my 950hp Holley I was eyeing up. I like that jegs unit looks great for the money! Too bad no double pump option.

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

We are working on that, if we can get enough traction, the upper management at Jegs are paying attention to this video and what people are saying. We can influence them. Also if you need a 950hp, a buddy of mine has a 950 HP ultra xp and its a really nice carb, I can potentially pick it up for ya and ship it to ya or get ahold of Allstate carburetors on a custom carb build. Shoot me an email if you are interested in that 950 of my buddies

[@SimpsonsSpeedShop]

@@ScottsSpeedShop sweeeet I may be interested in that xp! I’ll let ya know, Appreciate it bro!

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

@Simpsons Speed Shop no problem man, my email is [e-mail] shoot me your phone number and I'll call from the show if you'll be around

[@fmphotooffice5513]

Great perspective: Rather than pouting and saying I'll never buy... A good public demo with a quest to make H do better to keep US workers employed is night and day difference. There are many mouths to feed and mortgages to pay by the workers at H here in the US. Sloppy work like that for the $ they ask is unacceptable. I've seen cyclone fence fittings with better fit and finish- no joke.

[@JohnMiller-ee9pn]

AED is the way to go

[@vincentenk4449]

Got an even better idea for you Jed, bring that to the Holley Moparty & bring it to Jeff Turk. Maybe the CEO can do something about the operational procedures. Just a thought.

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

They are already headed back to Jegs. And I think they are gonna send them to holley to checked out

[@vincentenk4449]

@@ScottsSpeedShop hopefully something gets done.

[@stevewheat9030]

Swapmeet carbs and a kit will do wonders. China carb is probably a bic lighter as far as parts/rebuild kits go...

[@matzrat5006]

Bought a Quick fuel HR 600 cfm. very good quality.

[@steveproctor1748]

I don't buy any new carburetors anymore. I buy a good used one and rebuild it. And they all work perfectly.

[@mcgarage3963]

I’m like you I’d love to support American made but really anymore these days overseas stuff is built way better for better prices because everyone here is so entitled and just don’t care to do their jobs right. I know people that work at places that make parts for Holley and it’s no wonder the prices are as high as they are and quality as low as it is. Atleast once a week I get a story of how a whole day was nothing but bad parts or something or another screwed up. It all comes to the simple fact that Americans just show up for a paycheck now days they don’t care what it is they are making or if they are doing it right. It’s just sad how this countries gone.

[@boss351gt6]

Hey man have you thought about one of the specialist carb places? I know prosystems and C&S carbs do good things. Good to support the little guys too.

[@stevenbongiorno9277]

That Jeg’s carb looks impressive! I don’t need one, but I’d definitely get one to mess with 😉

[@randoboomer2345]

30 years ago that holley was 350 dollars ...

[@stephenhotzjustdriveit]

Been looking at FST carbs lately

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

That's who made this, and fst makes really nice carbs for the money, when they get more, I'll be buying one for a review

[@cmsracing]

I had no idea that there was a such thing as jet able metering plates, I am ordering one right now!

[@tonyleaman5958]

The jegs carb looks to be built by FST carburetor

[@tysonrinehart1847]

You are correct

[@glenntaylor7341]

Have you tried quick fuel carbs,high quality and affordable and should be up to your standard

[@LORISSABOOBMAN]

Granted will be 62 but i was buying 0-3310's 750cfm vac sec electric choke carb was 110.00 circa 1983, electric choke kit 35.00.

[@motorcityinduction7557]

I haven’t watched the whole video yet but wanted you to know that they are made in America 100% machined and assembled in California . . . .

[@marcusmaddenov2451]

So they aren't made in America?

[@1mikewalsh]

Fuel injection guy gets his hands on his first carburetor... Then make a video about Hellas complaints and whining so that we all know that he's not a carburetor guy. Thank you sir!

[@haroldrogers6083]

Since you don’t have anything to put that carb on , sell it to your Dad for long term testing get help from your friends to get Jegs to build the carb you want !

[@garymckee448]

Sad that quality has went down hill 😞

[@MoparMan-ff8fb]

Great carb tech info 😎🏁

[@f-bodyjon2189]

I’m pretty sure the “Summit” carbs are the same as the “Jegs” carb. You can see the cfm rating stamped in the same location if you look at the pictures.

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

they are both made by FST

[@SAM-eg7jg]

Carburetors Rule....!!

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

Carburetors are the only way to go

[@jimJones-cd4uw]

I bet most of the cast parts are China on that their holley

[@justinweaver8787]

Very nice carb especially for the money.

[@terrysellers4904]

Thanks always a time to learn.

[@SweatyFatGuy]

The one thing about Jegs that keeps me from buying from them more is THEIR WEBSITE FUCKING SUCKS. Been trying to find this carb on there using the search function and the sidebar on the left of the page. I am looking at a shit ton of Qjets, no matter what I click on, its the same damn page. Its been like this for years, and not being able to find stuff is why I don't buy from them.

[@robzee3415]

Call the Jegs tech line and ask for the part number that Jed refers to in this video. The rep will tell you if it's available or not. Not sure why it's not showing on the website.

[@danielsmith-ze3wy]

Awesome thanks for the video hope you have a blessed day

[@huck01955]

Thanks for the info Jed

[@mafosa8519]

a dremal does wonders on casting seems. still a nice carb. larry

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

An HP holley from 10 years ago didn't need any Dremel work to look right and flow properly

[@viciouscycles88]

American products went down hill bc American work ethic went down hill. Most people work at a job and go home. Very few anymore take pride and craftsmanship in their work now. Also since Holley got so big just like most big corporate company’s they are big now so they only care about profit and will cut any and every corner to increase profits.

[@Travishatz]

Telling it like it is !!!

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

@Travishatz I always try to be as honest as possible with anyone who watches my videos. I understand the value of a dollar. Unfortunately this jegs carb has been discontinued I believe

[@AtZero138]

Awesome Video Brother.. thanks for this one

[@oxliverracing]

remember the big predator carby. with the eagle on the side. i heard from a few people Holley did everything it could to destroy and shut them down because they knew it was a better system. i wanted one when i was young but heard all the lies and thought they were true. go do somr googleing

[@cuda6496]

Edelbrock's new holley style carb is 3 times better than the XP !! 🤷‍♂️

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

It's definitely a fantastic carb, looking forward to playing with one

[@gearhead2017]

You should send an email to Holley w this video and tell them about their qc issues and sweet les paul w p90s

[@B_Skeen]

I've been looking at QF Brawler carbs and noticed the linkage on the Jeg's and QF look identical. I wonder if the same factory in China manufactures both. What are your thoughts on the Brawler? I've been looking at the 750 DP version.

[@HPTBANDIT]

Jed Scott did not kill himself

[@brandaneakright6082]

To be completely honest I’m not a big Holley guy especially for street vehicles, I’ll take a edelbrock carburetor anyday of the week. If you’re racing a Holley is the better choice or a demon, I’ll take a demon still over a Holley. I went through 4 holley’s in my 446 Chrysler big block, and none of them would work right no matter what we done. I switched to a exelbrock and haven’t had one issue since doing so, but that jegs carb looks really good for the money especially.

[@Trobertsdsgmach1]

Demons are packed just like Holley.

[@michaelyeaple2]

You are so right bro 😊

[@kennethdispain1807]

It does look pretty nice

[@tunnelportterror]

yeh at least the Chinese stuff is priced right...there are Holley HP clones on Ebay for $215 new.

[@garymartz6885]

Made in America isn't going to mean anything unless the employee takes pride in work they do. Holly as big corporation can't do much unless they micro manage

[@jimJones-cd4uw]

Wow I bet holley stock just tanked

[@tabbott429]

The only vote that counts is the one that has a $ behind it. Hold companies and people accountable for their lousy products and actions.

[@claytonwright6778]

It's a FST carb,not china,I bought one and took the stickers off and it had FST on it

[@tinkersspeedshop8401]

Ive been searching all morning and cant find a listing, i have questions and want to read the advertisment to see if it answers them

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

What are you searching for

[@tinkersspeedshop8401]

@@ScottsSpeedShop i used the part # off of the box, and tried the random wording method

[@motorcityinduction7557]

Also all Stainless components

[@supersportimpalass]

What’s the deal, they don’t even have this carb listed on their website? Found it in an eBay listing but says out of stock which I’m not surprised. Did you send it back? If not I’d be interested lmk. Thank you.

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

The jegs brand carbs sold out

[@joew7328]

Dang that one carb looks to have bad heat shrink during the making, I worked in foundries for years and see alot of that on casting, surprised that they even allowed it to pass the Inspection and out onto the market, sorry u had to go thru that man, I couldn't agree with you more of poor quality products, hope u can find a good carb somewhere

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

I have been hearing alot of similar reports from other people, Holley doesn't seem to care unfortunately

[@im-that-guy-pal]

Cold does not exist. It's the absence of heat.

[@oldmanintheshopbuiltnotbou8726]

jedd ive got to agree with you

[@HoosierRooster]

I hope you don't get pulled over in Bowling Green cuz they liable to Lynch you

[@Turningwrenchs]

If you want a nice pc Try AED

[@RealGenX]

Carb is made in Southern California

[@reaper20015]

That makes sense. Everyone in CA has the "You have to accept me for what I claim to be". So maybe those Holley carbs identify as super duper high quality.

[@witnesszer0]

if you put that jegs carb on say a 4 barrel intake the choke horn will be in the front?

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

Yes, that is the direction a carburetor is supposed to face

[@anthonynapier4668]

👍 👍

[@bedlamite42]

I hate to say it, but Chinese copies of Weber IDF carbs are now better than authentic Spanish made Weber IDF carbs.

[@NoStringsAttached777]

Summit Racing carbs made by Holley but way nicer

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

Summit's house brand carb is actually made by FST, same company that does the Jegs carb

[@jimJones-cd4uw]

Are you on the rag

[@albertt2686]

Jegs makes allot of really nice stuff. I only wish they would Stop putting jegs all over there items and I think they'd sell allot more too. No body wants to advertise they bought cheaper products

[@thethrottlecracker]

Street Demon every time. 3 barrel...

[@70stunes71]

Think I'll go with injection...

[@stevenbean9706]

Holley has really dropped the ball ! Got a new 1050 and my old one looks better than the new one ! Not sure what I'm gonna do but i won't be getting another Holley till they hire some qc. and set actual standards that are above and beyond what is being pumped out of China! Motorcycle carbs from China are like that too I got a knock off mikuni that performs better on my v twin than a real mikuni and it cost next to nothing ! The real mikuni was big money !

[@NCmtnDweller]

Holley going exclusively to Fuel Injection carbs will be phased out ! U better hort up some quality older stuff or be prepared to buy the new junk they offer us !!!

[@stevenbean9706]

or ill take the old stuff and make my own molds and start my own company cause i for one will never in a zillion years buy the junk fuel injection crap

[@cheflez146]

Anyone got a link for the jegs carb? Some reason when I entered the part number I got nothing

[@robzee3415]

Call the jegs tech line and ask for the part number. It may not be published but should be in-stock and can be ordered

[@carlt6932]

The older man wants to burn some rubber.

[@thegrimstreaker4669]

Does absolutely everyone have that keyboard?

[@ScottsSpeedShop]

Lmao yes

[@stevenbongiorno9277]

QuikFuel packs em even better! 😉

[@davidsalinJEGS]

JEGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thehemiolds455]

Shove holley off table,and make holley do it right wise guys bootleggers hippies😎🤟🤘😆