MCM 7/2017 SWEDEN THE MAN WHO LOVES CARBURETORS

THE MAN WHO LOVES CARBURETORS

“The carburetor is the heart of the engine and deserves more respect,” says Thorsten Ihlo, a passionate carburetor man at the Vergaser Manufaktur in Hamburg, who restores more or less rare soup mixers and converts them into perfectly functioning works of art.

It's not just the old Asa Nisse films that spread myths about how a "new carburetor" can work wonders. According to many experts, Harley-Davidson itself contributed to this myth when it decided to use the low-performance Tillotson carburetor (also known as the "flamethrower") in the 1960s. And indeed, we in the editorial office have often experienced that changing the carburetor can completely change the character of the engine and even the exhaust sound. The most extreme was an old Linkert DC, which made the motorcycle twice as loud - and you could lower the idle speed as much as possible without the engine stalling. The disadvantage was that you had to pedal a thousand times before the motorcycle would start. No wonder you were so thin back then.

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