Well, about a week ago I got my intake and carbs back from Dick York (dickshotrodplace.com)

He does some beautiful work! I had initially sent him my carb's only, then decided that I should upgrade to a 573 intake from the 553 that I had to better suit my 312, and the "G" heads...

To make a long story short, I finally found one and he set the whole sha-bang up with a new linkage...front/rear carbs have no idle circuits and are true "secondary" carbs, and most all driving will be done on the center carbs. These carbs are all 1 1/16" throat, and have been on the car (with the old 553) since late '56. I doubt they ever looked quite this nice though...

Thanks for looking. I highly recommend Dick's Hot Rod Place...Looking forward to putting it all back together with the old Hedman headers, and the "G" heads that Tim just finished up for me...

Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

You have some beauties there.

55Birdman  Hickory NC

Sweet!


Lawrenceville, GA

i am so jealous.. that's awesome.. I think i've chatted with dick over on the H.A.M.B. a couple times.. he seems like a stand-up guy that knows what he's doing.. congrats on the carb set-up.. it looks great..

Dustin

Southern Oregon Y's Guy

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Oh me likey-likey!!!

What is the difference between a 573 intake and a 553... is the 20 differential some sort of volumetric measure?

Cheers... Brian

Cylinder Index = 84

Current Experiment = `57 Tbird, Grand Rapids, Michigan

The 7 was used by Edelbrock on their Y-Block manifolds (maybe others?) on the large port manifolds.

553=smaller port 3x2 intake

573=large port 3x2 intake

255=smaller port 2x4 intake

257=large port 2x4 intake

I couldn't imagine the size in port/runner size until I had them both in my hands. It's my understanding that you can run the smaller intakes with the larger heads, but not vice-versa. My 'Bird had the 553 on top of the "G" heads for over 50 years...and it ran strong, but there's always room for improvement

Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

The 55 and 57 refer to the year they were first designed/made.The 3 is a 3X2 barrel manifold.The 2 indicates a 2X4 barrel manifold.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

That makes sense, too Paul, as '57 were the first large port heads...

Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

Sweet!  Beautiful site.  That will look good on your new heads.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

so what are you going to do with the 553?

This ain't no L-Kamino!