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The mechanical sommelier that pairs your engine with exactly the right sip of air and fuel.
means A device that mixes air and gasoline into a vapor before it enters an engine's cylinders to be burned.
from From French carbure, carbide, rooted in Latin carbo, coal — the carbon-laden soul of combustion, dressed in extra English consonants.
Replaced byFuel injection, now standard since the 1990s
Venturi trickNarrowed throat speeds air, sucks fuel in
Cold morningsThe choke enriched the mix for stubborn starts