Holley teapot?

What is it?

 

I always heard the early 4bbls referred to as either teapots or "that goddamed Holley piece of ****".

 

bugspray holleys....

 

I have seen a two barrel tea pot on a 53 Merc flathead. The one pictured above is called a rear breather. Holley Tea Pot, AKA towering inferno. When they are right, they run very well.

 

52 and later were the teapots

 

I've got the Holley 1901 on my '53 Merc flathead. Many a person has referred to it as a towering inferno. I'd like to change carbs (not necessarily intakes, but not ruling that out totally either). Looking for some input. Intake is for a 4-bolt carb on the Merc whereas Ford intake is for a 3-bolt carb. What are my options?

 

I have one of these intakes but not the carb. I posted about this on anothe thead. I got this note from FLATROY soon after that.
Iv'e got one of those 4bolt manifolds on my modified 8Ba. I did a little mild porting on it, just cleaned it up. It's temporary untill I can finance fuel injection. I started with a 2GC and it worked great. I made a three inch riser with tapered holes to adapt a 386 cfm Rodchester 2brl to it and it really works great. About 130 hp to the rear wheels, and good gas milage.

Hope this helps I found one of these carbs on my fathers old Chevy 350.