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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Opinions on the sterling carb

want to know how you guys with sterlings like em and any issues you might or might not have had.
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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 12:14 AM
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You'll often see me praise my holley and more often swear by an edelbrock. However, I have never heard a bad thing about a sterling carb or sterling himself. Personally, I wouldn't bother with an aftermarket intake and carb for a 12a, even if it's streetported. Stay with the stock intake, a sterling carb and invest the rest in ignition, gears and exhaust and you can't go wrong!


Sterling gets from me!
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 12:43 AM
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Me too. Of course I've been rocking one for over a year now. Even if I didn't like Sterling himself, I'd have a very hard time knocking the product. It is very well crafted, amazing attention to detail, great performance gains, behaves on the street and on the track and is very easy to tune. Customer service is second to none. You certainly won't see the same from RB or Holley. He also has a website with tons of general carb info as well as a forum. www.sterlingmetalworks.com if you haven't been there yet. If your thinking about it, then stop thinking and buy one. You won't be sorry. If somehow you are, I'll eat my hat.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 12:50 AM
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I hear so many good things about the Sterling carb that I almost wish my car had a 12A w/ nikki just so I could buy a Sterling to actually feel all of the improvements, but I bought in to having a 13B with a Dellorto which I love so I don't have the room or compatibility to play with the sterling. Someday if I own a 12A car, I definitely want to give his product a try, I read through his website and the man knows what he is doing.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 07:13 AM
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i dont personally own one, but i have not heard anything but good comments about sterling carbs.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 09:31 AM
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Sterling carbs rock. Plain and simple. I've got one on my daily driver/weekend racer and have loved it for years. With a free flowing exhaust, Sterling carb, and a few suspension upgrades, I'm beating up on everything from Z3's, S2000s, and supercharged Miatas on the autocross courses.

Check out my videos. Lots of incar stuff, and one of my favorites is the race in heavy rain where the throttle control of the Sterling really paid off.



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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 11:27 AM
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i had a good experience with the man himself. however the carbs were a different story, but the car runs now, so we're all happy
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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Anyone know how to get ahold of Sterling? His site is down.

Jason
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 01:35 PM
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Just checked, it's all good now. Was earlier today too. Wrong link maybe?

Here you go just in case: http://sterlingmetalworks.com/

And here is his forum where you can ask him questions directly: http://sterlingmetalworks.com/bymc
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 05:49 PM
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Makes me wish I didn't have to stay smog-compliant. (crai)
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 11:25 PM
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I haven't had the delight of purchasing a carb from Dennis, but when I was recently emailing him he was NOTHING but helpful and patient. He'll definately be getting an order from me in the future
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
i had a good experience with the man himself.
wow. I hope it has nothing to do with
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