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From: Lawrence Swamp
carb swap
Still castin about for information:
I seek a short carb - one that's not very tall, but has better flow than stock.
The EB has lill head room (read "hood" ) and I found a coupla 'low rise' carbs (Autolite, Carter RBS) that have the proper boar for the 250 I'd fit it to. Reason - stock. I wuz thinkin (friends say,"stop that Chad, U all ways create trouble then") a 240 or 300 carb would give a lill oopmh to a 250... not sure on bolt pattern or boar. The later I could take a file to the mount & open it up a lill (I'm thinkin a 1/4 inch difference would B alright). Can't afford the time/$ to do much (I can think of) if the 2 bolt holes are off. The stock YF, YAF on the trucks seems way too high for my hood... I'd even consider a throttle body type set up if it fit a "low riser".
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may this be your best year ever!
I seek a short carb - one that's not very tall, but has better flow than stock.
The EB has lill head room (read "hood" ) and I found a coupla 'low rise' carbs (Autolite, Carter RBS) that have the proper boar for the 250 I'd fit it to. Reason - stock. I wuz thinkin (friends say,"stop that Chad, U all ways create trouble then") a 240 or 300 carb would give a lill oopmh to a 250... not sure on bolt pattern or boar. The later I could take a file to the mount & open it up a lill (I'm thinkin a 1/4 inch difference would B alright). Can't afford the time/$ to do much (I can think of) if the 2 bolt holes are off. The stock YF, YAF on the trucks seems way too high for my hood... I'd even consider a throttle body type set up if it fit a "low riser".
Thanks,
may this be your best year ever!
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300 carb for the 250/4.1L motor
No, the top lip of the carb hat that holds the ac on will hit the hood. It's the carb. I need a body lift...but still seek a carb to fit that tight space.
(I like the 2V pinto progressive Holley due to gas miserly till trompin the gas peddle - the 2nd opens. But I hear the large 1V better on low rev Tq, it's too high, & a 2V).
How bout a later model when the 300 went 4.9 and efi? Is the throttle body a low rise type`a thing? It seems like there would be a short something in that 30 or so year run of the "gasser that's a diesel". Industrial apps may B? I wanna stay with gasoline, that's about my only requirement beside, fit, low, & I think 1V (due to my interest in low rev tq) or efi may B? U can C I don't have alot of automotive theory...
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that's right - the intake or plenum, whatever it's called. But hey, wait, wasn't there something in the 80's when I 1st saw them where there was just something stuck down the boar like a jet. Before those big plenums'n runners evolved I thought...
On the other hand, what are the carbs that fit the 300? YF (early) & YAF (later) I'm pretty sure. Nothing low like the Carter RBS (on the 250, only, I think). Any of the moders using something non-stock but still 1V?
On the other hand, what are the carbs that fit the 300? YF (early) & YAF (later) I'm pretty sure. Nothing low like the Carter RBS (on the 250, only, I think). Any of the moders using something non-stock but still 1V?
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