shakey pete (12/9/2009)
Carbs and set up look great!! !did they just polish the carbs or did they coat them with ? what are you going to do with the fuel lines are you going to use crome steel tubing to a juntion blk or flex tubing and a junction blk and what fittings are you using on all 3 carb,s to recieve the lines and what dist. are you using also what # is the power valves like 5.5 or ? and did they use the right power valve because the ones you get from the rebuild kits are wrong they have a shoulder where the gasket seals and shouldn,t !! just something i found out, , otherwise they leak would love to see the set up on your car complete ford paved the way ford everybody else
shakey Pete from B.C
I tried to answer your questions below:
The carbs weren't painted or polished, they were just stripped of the original "gold-ish" finish and thoroughly cleaned.
I plan to use an Edelbrock 4-port fuel block (3 lines and a pressure gauge) towards the front of the manifold, with hard lines running to each carb. The carbs use the same flare fitting adaptor as a 97 does.
I am running a vintage W&H Du-Point tach drive distributor that runs the T-Bird tach. (been on the car since late '56).
Not sure what # power valve...but I trust Dick implicitly with my stuff. I can find out what P.V. and jet size he used. The front/rear carbs don't have idle circuits anymore.
Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento
1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial