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stupid idea?
I was looking at the EFI intakes and all they are is 6 pipes that bend straight up..... so has anyone ever tried putting a carb onto each pipe and have 6 carbs- maybe off of a motorcycle engine? or even run 2 together and use 3 carter 1bbl
I suppose it would be hard to tune right.
just curious if anyone else thought of it or if it would even work.
I suppose it would be hard to tune right.
just curious if anyone else thought of it or if it would even work.
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Put a shallow box on the top of the manifold lower half so it covers the six runners and bolt on two Holly 4 barrels. It worked for me with a GMC 6 ( back in the days when you made your own manifolds) and a Carter AFB carb. Six pipes welded to a steel header flange (just like the 300 EFI lower) and home made shallow box with all 6 pipes into it, an aluminum plate bolted to the top of the box drilled for the 4 Barrel AFB carb. Good enough for 124 mph at 12.3 sec.
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Originally Posted by goldenford
I was looking at the EFI intakes and all they are is 6 pipes that bend straight up..... so has anyone ever tried putting a carb onto each pipe and have 6 carbs- maybe off of a motorcycle engine? or even run 2 together and use 3 carter 1bbl
I suppose it would be hard to tune right.
just curious if anyone else thought of it or if it would even work.
I suppose it would be hard to tune right.
just curious if anyone else thought of it or if it would even work.
Yeah, I think about doing goofy stuff like that all the time. Your could just build a plenum that would adapt to all the tubes, and put any kind or number of carbs on there that you would like. I imagined using three Jaguar Stromburg side drafts. (It sure isn't gonna go beyond imagination though. I've done a lot of far out projects like that and it always takes hundreds more hours and a thousand dollars more than you think it will going in.)
Will it work? Let's just say it's possible. Depends on your energy, willingness to learn, determination and budget. You get deeply into this kind of thing and realize there is a much better way than how you originally intended so you end up shelving what you already built and starting over. And you have to be willing to do that too or you might end up building something that doesn't justify the time and money.
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the 3x2 barrel weber setup is also a good one, but tricky to set up.
I also heard of a 3 carb setup from an old Datsun 240z used on a ford 6, but never
saw it run.
I also heard of a 3 carb setup from an old Datsun 240z used on a ford 6, but never
saw it run.
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I looked at that forsixparts site. Found some cool pics but never found the parts? (How do they make a living?)
There is a picture of a Ford six with triple SU carbs, maybe the early 240Z carbs, and it looked like a cast, rather than a fabbed up manifold. Heck, if I could buy a manifold like that I would build mine like that. But I used to be, (maybe I still am) an expert on SU carbs. They are easy to tune once you learn the tricks and they are excellent performers.
There is a picture of a Ford six with triple SU carbs, maybe the early 240Z carbs, and it looked like a cast, rather than a fabbed up manifold. Heck, if I could buy a manifold like that I would build mine like that. But I used to be, (maybe I still am) an expert on SU carbs. They are easy to tune once you learn the tricks and they are excellent performers.
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