Hot Rods Check out this cool carb set up!

Hey guys I just picked this up today, anyone seen similar?

 

Looks like your dog approves! I do too.

 

Yes and no.

It's an adaptor to replace a modern 4barrel with something more traditional.

I can't say I've seen one before,
But could be a descent home made "manifold".

But should be useable if your skills is up to par.

 

It's a homemade adapter for sure but looks well thought out and the fab work on it actually seems pretty decent

 

There are a few of those on the market to use Webers on dual quad manifolds. Seems like a tuning Nightmare.

 

Indubitably..

 

So now you have 2 all beef patties with special sauce.

 

I cannot tell, is it me or is the left carb higher than the right? Any potential tuning issues because of this? Or is it more of a primary and secondary kinda thing? Progressive linkage maybe? Sorry for the ignorance, I'm no carb expert.

 

No worse than tuning a Porsche with one wheel on the curb...(there IS a procedure)

 

looks like a large backward step from a good manifold , probably "designed" for those "R" word things

 

The low carb is primary and high is secondary with progressive linkage. I probably won't run it on anything just thought it looked unique and would be cool in my parts collection.

 

It would be fun to put on a car and play with, see how it works.

 

The common understanding in tuning of Weber/dell'orto's is long runners is good for torque, short runners are good for high RPM. When running 2 2bbl (independent runners) on a four banger the goal is to have 4 equal
Equal length runners to make tuning easier.

But in this case there should be no upside or down side to them not being in equal, sine they perform to different task.

There is no shame in asking a honest question, but it would a shame to not answer it

 

That looks like the set up that was on that little green 29 A pick up that Jay Waterman built.

 

Is that the satin green one with orange wheels?

 

That looks like something that needs to be refined and copy'd.

 

Advantage? Must be an easier way to get, what?...500 cfm

 

Have seen this type w/ Riley side draft carbs on vintage midget race engines V8-60

 

Hi. No expert but maybe the higher runners & carb were designed to work around a clearance issue on the engine it was built to work on.

Jimmie

 

I agree, I kinda like it.

Damn right!

 

Every time you make mixture go around a bend it will try to separate.
Because fuel and air have a different density.
Put that thing on a 4BBL manifold and there are a lot of bends between the carb and the intake valve...

I wouldn't mess with it.
Not even as a joke...

 

I wonder if it sat on a dual plane intake with a divider?

 

When Rover started making the Alumin(i)um V8 with the tooling they bought from GM I guess they were obliged to use British carburetors.
http://www.vintagemodelairplane.com/images/Snippets/SUCarb03.jpg

 

I think you are right, about this not being any kind of speed secret.

 

Yes, I think Dennis Green had that manifold done after he bought it from Bob Steen.

 

With a couple of extra U-Bends and some old carbs it would be as **** as the setup at the top.
But it isn't.
A Hilborn injection system might save that one too...

I do understand why you like it, though.
It makes you misty eyed and nostalgic over past experiments. ( and /or failures )
I came across one of mine recently, and felt the same way.
They are part of our past, and part of our learning curve.
That's why I keep it, on the back of a shelve with other carbs and intakes.
It is not on somebody else' car, sending him down a dead end street...

 

You're really the life of a party, aren't you? Damn!

 

Guy just wanted to share his custom, what appears to be one off intake score....the design looks familiar...

 

Maybe you can go onto Limey Kid's thread and **** all over his new intake too.


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Limey Kid's intake is not a million miles away from the intakes they had on old 105 Anglia's, etc.
The sharp edges create turbulence, and actually help to keep the fuel suspended in the intake air ( if I understand the theory behind that correctly )

But you are right.
Lets not spoil the fun by pointing out the potential flaws of anything we see.
And lets just build Art Cars and Rat Rods from now on...