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Scored this today. Appears to be complete :thumbup:


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I thought I had the only one. :D

I'll try to shoot pix of mine so you can compare... I wonder sometimes what it's worth, but then again, I wouldn't sell mine for less than gold. And not even then. Anyone who works on Carters, they are the bees knees awesome possum repair kit!
 
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Very interesting, Dan. I've built some inliner intakes but never with such a large plenum. Please share how it works.

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Packard V8 said:
Very interesting, Dan. I've built some inliner intakes but never with such a large plenum. Please share how it works.

jack vines
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Still a work in progress and has just been mocked up/ approximated. 1947 buick 320ci straight 8, (going into my '37) 1940s Carter W-1 574s
 
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Still a work in progress and has just been mocked up/ approximated. 1947 buick 320ci straight 8, (going into my '37) 1940s Carter W-1 574s
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If only it were a 49 I could ask if your dad let's you drive it to the end of the driveway and back.....
 
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xlowxyotax88x said:
If only it were a 49 I could ask if your dad let's you drive it to the end of the driveway and back.....
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Huh?:headscrat
I dont know if thats supposed to be some sort of dig or something, but you can pm me if you have a problem instead of mucking up zrx's thread.
 
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Huh?:headscrat
I dont know if thats supposed to be some sort of dig or something, but you can pm me if you have a problem instead of mucking up zrx's thread.
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Nope 49 Buick with a straight 8 was the car in the movie rain man just a joke. Looks pretty sweet man I like the intake set up

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I always thought tuning one carb was enough pita most of the time. Couldnt imagine having having 4 i had to tune for one vehicle. Especially on bikes where they usually have to be pulled to make a tuning adjustment.

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Yep. Former Carter guy here. Rebuilt two WCFB's for my '57 Corvette. I didn't have the cool tool kit you have but I saw references for several of the tools in my shop manuals. I used drill bits for gages as I remember and set float height with a vernier caliper. All good though. Dual point distributor w/ centrifugal advance and not a vacuum line on the whole engine. I had a "Strip Kit" with various jets and metering rods but I sold that on Ebay after I sold the car. Now I just do Dellortos for BMW Airheads no Bings though.
 
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kb1982 said:
I always thought tuning one carb was enough pita most of the time. Couldnt imagine having having 4 i had to tune for one vehicle. ...
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but isn't the fun in building a car, making things as hard and overwhelming as you can? and if your going to tune multiple carbs, they might as well be at least 70+yrs old and in poor condition :lol_hitti
 
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I once had a Carter YF on a 145 cubic inch 'pancake' horizontally-opposed six, with forced induction. It was rated at > 1 h.p./cubic inch, stock.

Looks like stuff which would make it much-easier to work on Carters, then-again, the right tools usually-do.
 
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