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- From: adh@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay)
- Subject: Re: General Carb Questions...
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:35:34 GMT
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- J Roland Defilippi writes:
- "In general, the more barrels of carburator you have, the more
- "accurate the fule metering over a range of rpms. However, the
- "economy usually suffered with the increase in performance--
- "effectivly a smaller carb will run lean as you reach the limits of
- "its capacity, giving less punch at high rpm but better economy.
- "The six pack and tri power set-ups were a way around the economy
- "problem (a friend's six-pack fury got 17mpg on the highway), but
- "most people I know who don't have people looking under their hood
- "prefer a good 4-bbl for drivability.
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- there are exceptions, though -- chrysler has a new dual-plane
- single-4bbl manifold for the hemi, designed to be used with the holley
- 850cfm vac-sec oem replacement carb for a chevy big block [L88 i think].
- it not only gets better mileage and driveability than the original
- dual quads, it makes *more* power too!
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- Andrew Hay | one step beyond the outer limits of the twilight |
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