Carter Carburetors ~ Advertised CFM Ratings and Corrected CFM Flow Ratings ~

CFM Air-Flow Test

We took a Carter AFB from a 273/235 HP 'Commando' and flow-tested it
at the University of Binghamton {New York} Engineering Department.

Now, this AFB was 'advertised' at 500 CFM.

After some tweaking, and a little polishing of the throttle bore and venturi areas, we maxed out at 516 CFM's.

Primary ........ 1.437 x 1.063 x .7854 x 2 = 240 CFM
Secondary .... 1.563 x 1.125 x .7854 x 2 = 276 CFM

Net CFM's = 516

That's good info,sir. Thanks!