Technical 331 Cadillac 1950

Came across this picture of a 331 Cadillac motor with 5 carbs. Briggs Cunningham used it in the 1950 24 hrs of Le Mans.

 

Pretty cool!!

 

Cool, what’s the fuel deal, pump feeds centre jug, other 4 off the log,maybe from an electric?

 

https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/five-carburetors-why-not/
Pontiac also experimented with a similar setup in the 50s






as did Ford

 

Rare bird there! I've been around quite a while and have never heard of those induction systems. Would sure like to know more about the principals of operation.

 

That Ford set up looks like a small based teapot four barrel surrounded by two barrels. Seems like a lot of intake for around 300 cubic inches, I wonder how it worked.


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Talk about a linkage nightmare