Re: carburetion inquisition
IMO the Ford Motorcraft 4150 is the most underrated carb of all time. A big Holley at pick and pull prices.
30 years of racing and still not Brambilla.....
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IMO the Ford Motorcraft 4150 is the most underrated carb of all time. A big Holley at pick and pull prices.
I think if you're building something REALLLLY stupid (awesome), a carb is almost required.
Right you are, Ken.
Good point, electricals are simple. Our car will start and run using only about 8 feet of wire plus the battery cable.
I think if you're building something REALLLLY stupid (awesome), a carb is almost required.
oh yeah its going to be awesome
Wild swap...love the rusty 18-inch adjustable wrench...I assume that's for setting the mixture...
Give me a break, it's a carburetor, not a timebomb.
We bought a $15 dollar Motorcraft 2150, built an adaptor out of sheet metal and high temp silicone, plugged in the fuel line, and hit the gas. Vroom! Done. Jetted a bit too big for the 4.2, but it worked great. The rest of the engine is the time bomb.
Wild swap...love the rusty 18-inch adjustable wrench...I assume that's for setting the mixture...
I'd put my money on freeing up a sticking needle or float.
We're yanking our EFI Jag motor and installing a carbed motor. I'm a lot happier with the carb even though I've had formal training on diagnosing EFI systems. Especially since Jaguar spaghettied the injection system in with a "trip computer" and a bunch of other crap.
Well I could put a set of strombergs on the queen to replace the EFI, however it's 40 Horsepower loss and mileage goes down from maybe 10MPG to around 6-8 (that's at driving speed.. racing speed 2-3?)
Carbs are fine.. I'm glad I know what I do about a system that is as obsolete as a set of contact points..
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