I had to laugh reading that story, too. My Barracuda has a single AFB on the
hi-compression (10.5:1) 273 -- TWO AFBs on a small motor like that would be
like pouring in fuel direct from a jerry can... good grief. A few big-block
Mopars came that way... 426 Hemi, 413 Max Wedge... but it all has to be in
proportion.
on 3/13/04 2:53 PM, WSpohn4@aol.com at WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 13/03/2004 2:35:03 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> ccrobins@ktc.com writes:
>
>> Perched on top of this engine was a pair of enormous Carter
>> AFB carbs, ganged together to open in unison. Now, this being a street
>> machine, I asked if that wasn't an awful lot of carburetion for such an
>> application.
>
> I see the Sixpack set-up that came on some Chryslers (I have one on one of my
> Jensens - 1200 cfm) buggered about all the time by people without a clue. The
> ONLY way they will work is with vacuum actuation, but these idiots convert
> them to mechanical so when they put their foot to the floor, the carbs open
> all
> the way and the engine goes 'Whaugh..." wondering what hit it - can you say
> "flat spot the size of Antarctica"?
>
> Takes all kinds!
>
>
> Bill
> (working on his Lambo today - connected the battery to drive it and the horn
> started honking - and I don't have a wiring diagram, and the damned Italians
> seem to have got a great deal on a job lot of black wire, and.........)
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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