Ya, there is nothing wrong with old carb at all. That style has been out for years and has been great and has been used on many engines with great success.As with all things Ron found a way to make a bettter one so he did. But there is absolutly nothing wrong with the old carb, the change was done not becasue there were ANY isssuse's with the old carb. But because they made a couple new changes and it worked great.Most of us on here have the old carb version and have no issues at all. I guess some more of us need to but another one to check out the new carb Well, its a good enough excuse for me! Im gonna have to order another one!