demon 98's.....and the new rod and custom

got the new rod & custom today .....has a story on the new demon 98 carbs....must be the setup groucho was talking about......looks like it could be interesting.....

the regret 32 sedan is also in the magazine.....nice layout and cool pics....

theres also a *****in track t ...... brandon

 

I'm digg'n the chopped Merc on the cover. I drooled all over that thing at Paso. Man he got everything right on it.

 

ugly ****in carbs. nice merc. that's what i think.

 

i wanna know what those carb`s are gonna cost!

 

If BG lives up to his rep, you can bet they will be damned expensive.

 

When I read about them last night I was thinking the same thing.. Very costly.

 

Anyone have pictures of the carbs? What are they?

 

I've never heard of these carbs and a google search yielded nothing. Even going to Rod & Custom's website didn't show anything.

Any pics?

 

Have not read the article yet,but
aren't the re-pop Strombergs pretty pricey?

 

The repop stromberg's are made by a different company.

 

Well I called them on it and they made it sound like it was a big secret. No info on it as far as pricing goes. My sales rep didn't have any pictures or pricing he could give me... but he fowarded me to his sales manager.

I have a voicemail into their sales manager. Lets see if I get a phone call back.

I hope this guy chimes in...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=9727

 

i'm sure pricing is a ways off, the ones in the article were prototypes, said they were to be available late fall or so.

sorry, no pics but what really ruins the looks as far as i'm concerned, is that they have the standard demon float bowl like their 4bbl carbs, big ***ed DEMON logo and all. i'd suggest BG make a cast looking billet finned fuel bowl to put on the front carb, or at least a smooth face or something.

IMHO they won't be very popular just because they look too modern on a vintage engine. the upside is they'll be a highly tunable carb, would be good carbs for a really hot motor.

if somebody would combine modern technology with a carb body that looked almost exactly like a 97, they'd be a rich man.

 

<tt>From my guy at BG:

I am currently working on part numbers and pricing for this item. What I
do know is there will be a primary carburetor which will have idle
mixtures screws and the availability to have a choke added. There will
be a secondary carburetor without mixture screws and no choke
availability. They are going to retail around $395.95 each and the
chokes are going to be available as electric or manual. </tt>

 

the seem to be a good carb..

the funny thing about all this..is that the carb was my idea.i was talking to robin grant and was describing all the problems with old carbs.we talked back and forth about the carbs..then they started production on them.very cool !!they have good retro look.and parts will be out there unlike the old carbs..

thanks alot barry !

 

I'm glad you posted... I didn't want to be the first...

 

Should be a good performer & price isn't out of line when you consider the repop Strombergs are at least $450 each now...

The downside is they don't look the part...would probably be good on a 60s-flavored rod though.

 

Looks as though they have also added an "old school" version of their triple duece setup.

HTML:

http://www.barrygrant.com/news/articles/products/product_021.aspx

 

looks like it belongs on a honda to me, you guys really going to put these ulgly things on your traditional cars, come on this is getting waaay out of line, Id pay 400.00 for an original stromberg before id look at that ugly piece of ****

 

i think it has a good art deco styling to them maybe even areonautical look..

 

Interesting carb.....kinda like a fuel injector.

Looks like a "mini" Predator.......

The float bowl looks as if it'll hit the carb in front of it, I'm ***uming these will work on all manifolds made to run 97's????

 

here comes the pitch....swing and a miss.

just my two cents.

 

here's another pic..


as far as them being a little expensive..a new stromberg is more.and you can't find one to purchase and are they're not redsigned(old world performance)...

believe me ..i just went through 16 94's to get 4 good carbs..i might still swapp them for the BG's and sell y'all my old carbs..

 

very cool, maybe you should mount a propeller on your car, to go with your areonautical carbs

 

thanks.that's a great idea..i'll talk to chip about something like that..wait didn't hot rodding derive from aircraft..maybe,i should know something about art,style and cars..hu ?

 

Skratch...I looked at the BG site, saw no CFM ratings.....do you know 'em???

I kinda like the look of 'em on the pic above.....hmmmmm......

 

i'll find out..

 

the mag article guesstimated 205 cfm.

 

Not THAT bad looking...

but I bet it's $$$$$$

 

I like the propeller it goes with aeronautical look I could mount a comp*** to my dash and have a nautical theme to . Air Land and Sea. I wonder what Chip would think of that.