Say what?!
Thread Starter
|
4wd Low
Joined: Aug 2022
Posts: 11
Likes: 2
Say what?!
So I was researching carburetors and came across a video in which a gentleman was wrenching on a old Ford that had been in the family for 4 generations. The reason I posted this is because the carburetor was clearly old as it had a glass window on the carburetor.
Does anyone have a Ford like this? Or, have any information regarding this?
THOUGHT: Why did this feature get phased out? It struck me as genius, and highly practical.
Does anyone have a Ford like this? Or, have any information regarding this?
THOUGHT: Why did this feature get phased out? It struck me as genius, and highly practical.
Thread Starter
|
4wd Low
Joined: Aug 2022
Posts: 11
Likes: 2
The good old 1bbl!
Do you by chance know why they didn't keep this feature? I mean, I know that not all vehicles are carbureted- which is part of the reason I'm sure. I can see this being used on 2's & 4's I would prefer my Holly or EB have this to save me time of taking the damn things apart.
Cargo Master
Joined: Oct 2020
Posts: 2,675
Likes: 784
I'm not sure why that wasn't done more often. I wonder though if it just becomes useless over time as the gasoline and vapor in the bowl causes deposits to build up?
BLP made some of their Holley billet metering blocks out of clear plastic. I don't know if that was just for display purposes or if they were functional.
A couple of different times I've made see through spacers to use on my dyno so that I could stand there and see what was happening inside of the intake. The first one was for a two barrel made out of a piece of acrylic that was 1 inch thick just like the adapter. It was neat. I would stand there and shine a timing light through to freeze frame what was happening at say 6000 rpm wide open. it was very interesting and anybody who says that they have what's happening inside of the running engine all figured out just hasn't done that experiment. It worked great but then it shattered into a bunch of pieces after a heat cycle.
BLP made some of their Holley billet metering blocks out of clear plastic. I don't know if that was just for display purposes or if they were functional.
A couple of different times I've made see through spacers to use on my dyno so that I could stand there and see what was happening inside of the intake. The first one was for a two barrel made out of a piece of acrylic that was 1 inch thick just like the adapter. It was neat. I would stand there and shine a timing light through to freeze frame what was happening at say 6000 rpm wide open. it was very interesting and anybody who says that they have what's happening inside of the running engine all figured out just hasn't done that experiment. It worked great but then it shattered into a bunch of pieces after a heat cycle.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
joezzz
1948 - 1956 F1, F100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
3
Nov 30, 2021 04:44 AM
DesertF350
1987 - 1996 F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
0
Sep 24, 2020 10:00 PM
