A/C Bracket for 351W Needed

[Quincy]

Woops. Clearly. I see it now though that it is on your radar.

Yep - Yep - Yep!!!

[Quincy]

on top of your what?

[sly]

oh... you have a calibrated vacuum leak that induces ingestion of fuel.

[Quincy]

Weeeeee don't need nunna you kids new-fangled fuel injec-shun!!!

[gadget73]

oh... you have a calibrated vacuum leak that induces ingestion of fuel.

you spelled indigestion wrong

[Quincy]

Gonna run just fine, 'specially when I pack those atmospherically atomized droplets into my mill with a blower. A/F ratio give or take!!! Extra gas just cools the burn ;-) Best thing is I can tune it with a screwdriver and my natural senses - I DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' LAPTOP!!!!!!!

[sly]

Though... a wideband O2 sensor would help with initial tuning and regular maintenance.

[Quincy]

Yes, but God gave me a sniffer and eyes to read spark plugs! "Old School"

I'm not disputing that sensors/computer/EFI are technically ideal and more efficient, I have "later model" daily drivers too (I rarely mess with them, just drive them and enjoy the dependability); but if you've never built a car and tuned it with your five (six? ;-) ) senses, you're missing out on one of life's corporeal pleasures. It's very "zen".

[gadget73]

I've spent enough time with worn out carbs to have lost my "zen" about them. I've gotten very one and done with things, I'll fool with it once until its right, and then I don't want to touch it again.

[Arquemann]

"zen"

I haven't found my own zen even with a CFI car yet, butI have seen this zen for someone else with my very own eyes.
A couple years ago I was invited for a three-week trip to France and Belgium by a guy I know, he happens to be ~40 years older, but I had to decline due to having an actual schedule.
Anyways, he spent those three weeks looking for a FLOAT for an unbelievably obscure downdraft carb that is on his '27 Renault.
I was there when he got the carb back together the thing running "properly". He just just looked up to the sky, closed his eyes and listened without moving at all.

[Quincy]

I've spent enough time with worn out carbs to have lost my "zen" about them. I've gotten very one and done with things, I'll fool with it once until its right, and then I don't want to touch it again.

...and that is the correct path for you, my friend!

I, too, have become very lazy in my old age, but I haven't lost the joy of becoming "one" with the machine (that usually comes after hours and hours of bloody mortal combat with the @#$%&%!!! p.o.s. machine...)

[sly]

I went through 4 carbs on a chevy 305 in a pontiac parisienne and then the engine blew up (head gasket most likely) and started dumping fuel, oil, and coolant out the back of the engine. I don't really have a problem with carbs, but getting anyone to actually work on one any more is like trying to find an honest politician. If you can't do all of it yourself, you're pretty much out of luck. As that was my first experience with them and the absolute abysmal support locally for them, I was completely put out. I'd probably still be driving that car if it was TBI (the chevy system actually worked rather well).

[WagonMan]

I have dual quads on my Hemi wingcars. Never any problems. I do only about 500 miles a year on them tough. WagonMan AKA WINGNUT

[Quincy]

I have dual quads on my Hemi wingcars. Never any problems. I do only about 500 miles a year on them tough. WagonMan AKA WINGNUT

I also have dual-quads one of my non-Hemi, non-wing '65 Belvedere II's. Love 'em!!! Nothing beats that induction sound!!!

[Mainemantom]

65 Plymouth Belvedere. I remember them well. Drive train was solid. A person could buy them cheap $50-200 in the 1970s as they were not a young person's car, except in the hot rod, sleeper mode. Can never forget the sound a Chrysler starter made.