During the late 1970s and early 1980s, several major American automakers combined turbocharging with carburetors, so it's definitely a thing. A couple of examples are Pontiac's Turbo Trans Am and ...

If the turbo is drawing through the carburetor, then the excess boost must be vented back to the inlet side of the compressor, since it is a combustible mixture.

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Back in the first muscle car era, Ford offered all manner of performance hardware. Powered by high-winding small-blocks, canted-valve Clevelands, and Boss 429s, ...

The Pontiac 301 Turbo engine featured a thicker block, four-barrel carburetor, strengthened internal parts, hotter camshaft, and a reduced 7.6:1 compression ratio (subsequently lowered to 7.5:1 in ...

On The Dyno. After installing Turbonetics' CARB-legal, S197 turbocharger system on an '06 Mustang GT (stock engine, five-speed transmission), we definitely were anxious to see exactly what type of ...

Carburetors can be combined with boost in either draw-through or blow-through configurations. The former situates the carb ahead of the turbo, while the latter pushes the already-pressurized air ...