ROCHESTER CARBURETORS

Bulletin 9D-9 January 1952

Page 6
ROCHESTER PRODUCTS, DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
PART THROTTLE SYSTEM

Figure 7-2
As the throttle valves are opened to a greater degree and more air is drawn through the carburetor, it is necessary to provide means, other than the idle sys­tems, for supplying additional fuel to meet the engine requirements.
Use Figure 7-2 as a reference.
The primary or pump side of the carburetor meets this increased demand for fuel in the following man­ner: At a point of sufficient throttle opening, manifold vacuum or suction, multiplied several times in [he pri­mary (1) and secondary Venturi (2). is transmitted to Che tip of the main well tubes or main discharge noz­zles (3). This suction draws fuel from the float bowl, through the calibrated main metering jets (4) and into the air bled main well lubes (5). After passing through the main well tubes (5) air joins the mixture at the main well bleeds (6). The mixture then passes from the tip of the nozzle through the Mixture Passage (7), to the secondary Venturi (2) and on into the intake manifold. As the throttle opening is progressively increased and more fuel is drawn through the main well tubes, the fuel level in the main wells drops. As this fuel level drops, the calibrated holes in the main well tubes be­come uncovered of fuel. When this occurs, thev be-
come air bleeds, thus mixing progressively more air with the fuel passing through the main well tubes. Thus although the nozzle suction is increased by in-creasing the throttle opening, the fuel mixture to the engine remains constant throughout the Part Throttle range.
As throttle opening increases. lower idle air bleeds (8) which now become part throttle feed nozzles have been placed in the main air flow channels below the primer Venturi (1). These nozzles, being exposed to manifold vacuum during part throttle operation, draw fuel through both the Primary and Secondary idle sys­tems as described on the previous page. It will he noted that these nozzles acted as air bleeds during the opera­tion of the idle system. Now they arc acting as dis­charge nozzles.
The throttle valves on the secondary or fuel inlet side of [he carburetor do not open until the primary linkages engage the secondary throttle shaft. They must then open fully during the remaining few degrees of primary throttle travel. The secondary side, therefore, only supplies fuel in the idle and power ranges. The part throttle or intermediate range is controlled com­pletely on the primary side of the carburetor.

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