20 cents worth of carbs

[Tage]

Some of the work I am doing on the 426 Hemi carbs.
Will post a step by step tutorial if there is sufficient interest.

Suprising what you do under a dime.

[hot ford coupe]

No fair using giant dimes. A tutorial would be very much appreciated.

[ScaleMotorcars]

Ill 2nd that.

[Old Busted Hotness]

I'll buy 'em for a dollar

Carbs sure have a lot of fiddly little parts, don't they? Remind me to post up my scratchbuilt carbs.

[hot ford coupe]

Hey OBH, post up your scratchbuilt carbs.

[Old Busted Hotness]

Made these a few years ago. My eyes are starting to go to hell so I probably can't duplicate them today.

SU H-8 and a Weber 40DCOE in 1/8 scale

[Tage]

I still have my UNISYN if you need to syncro those carbs...

[Don Garrett]

Tage if you don't have what you consider enough "interest" yet to do a carb tute, add my name to the list. I have a back room (therapy) one off I'm messin' with in 1/6th and it will be using 2 by fours atop a huffer....visible to the casual viewer and in plain sight. You would be saving me a ton of head scratching. Strut your stuff...please and thank you.

[Don Garrett]

By the way.....I still use the old mercury filled tubes to sync carbs. Yeah I know I'm a throw back to the stone age but it works for me and my old toilet bowl fueled push rod motors keep on smokin' the plastic and billet crowd. Don't need no plug in 'puter doc to hand me a ridiculous bill suggesting what might need tweaking.

[Old Busted Hotness]

Mercury-filled tubes and a Uni-Syn? What's wrong with a good old rubber hose and a practiced ear?

The younger crowd are shaking their heads by now.

Styrene tubes and an assortment of pin vise bits make carb building fairly easy, if you have the eyes for it.

[Don Garrett]

Being you've tossed the gauntlet OB...how 'bout the old screw driver to the ear stethoscope to get tight with the whirly parts? Yeah....the plug and play OBD crowd is going, huh?

[Old Busted Hotness]

That's a must-have right there. Who needs a computer when you've got a screwdriver? Used that to diagnose the torque convertor in the wife's Century. Right before we traded it....

[Deuces-wild]

I make due with a vacuum gage and a small screwdriver to make those Holley 4"s idle @ 300 rpm on a V-8. I get 26 inches of vacuum @ 650 rpm on a freshly rebuilt motor. That's a smoooth runner for sure.

[Don Garrett]

You got me gigglin' now Guido.....none of my stuff will idle at 300 rpm. I can count faster than that. Just messin' with ya dude.......my toys run way more cam than low idle speeds could even begin to keep up with just to keeping 'em running.

[jared]

As part of the "younger" crowd, I get upset with guys my age that don't understand the basics. As impressed as I am with the kids that can tune a modern motor with a laptop, I think there is alot to be said for the old style mechanics. I got my education working on the oldsmobiles my father owned when I was a kid. It has helped considerably as I've converted my mid 80's Camaro to an older setup. No electronics at all (legal here after the car is 25 years old).