Thread: Ok, you all have shamed me into it!!

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Originally Posted by Gastrick

Hey the new carb setup looks great Don. Are you running the scoops with the openings facing forward or to the rear? I see them both ways in the pics. If you don't feel like making one, Lokar makes a bracket for the Rochester carbs.

Dan's dash looks sweet. That's one car I can't wait to see in person.

PS - I didn't have any problems with the seals fitting in my Wilson hubs either.

Thanks Brad and Bill. I tried the scoops both ways and finally settled on openings facing the rear..........several reasons. Bugs and dirt going down the throats, and we felt the wind might catch the scoops and possibly dislodge one and have it come at me and the windshield like a missile. I've been hit by some bugs that were like birds, so I think a chromed scoop would smart a little. The Rochesters have a very shallow lip to put the set screws into, and we actually had to drill and tap new ones lower to catch that lip. We also dimpled the carb where the set screws go for a little more insurance. I was going to paint the insides to match the engine, but the red actually looks ok to me, sort of traditional.

I didn't know that about Lokar making a Rochester bracket.........guess who I will be 1-800 ing tomorrow? Thanks for the tip.

I'm as anxious as anyone to see Dan's car done too. Poor guy has missed 4 years at Daytona, and it looks like Billetproof in March will be tight too. He must have inherited his perfectionism from his Mom.........sure didn't get it from me. Luckily, Don is a lot like me in the respect we want things nice, but we also want to drive them in our lifetime.

Don't you have a Hemi to stuff between those Deuce rails or something?

Don

Here ya go Don.

http://www.lokar.com/interior_pages/...et_springs.jpg

http://www.lokar.com/interior_pages/mountbrackets.htm

Nice addition Pops. I've been intrigued by that setup for some time, looks cool, hope it works well. I vote for painting the insides of the scoops to match the block. You need a chrome grommet cover for that PCV setup, if you can't find one I'll send you one. I know you like bling!

Another voice on the Wilson hubs thing, I've had two sets and both took the seals just fine, so I agree, must have been a bad hair day on those undersize ones.

The Lokar bracket is a nice piece, works well.

I'll be interested to hear if the carbs were set well out of the box. I just got a complete setup from Price today. It's a little showier than I normally do with the chrome plated carb bodies, but he was selling the whole deal at 50% off, so you take what you can get. The workmanship on this is first rate, and the linkage/throttle shafts work very smoothly.

Wow, that's too nice to put on a car Bob. Vintage Speed must be feeling the economy a little because they came down $ 200 bucks on the setup I bought and I wasn't even haggling........just standing there fondling their chrome goodies. I couldn't pass it up, and the carbs even have the right bases on them, one has idle screws and the other doesn't. Like you, I am really impressed with the quality of the linkage, carbs, fuel line, etc. You have to catch him at a show because you walk home with your stuff and the prices seem to drop a little.

Whatcha putting that sweet setup on Bob? It's about time you posted some progress pictures of your own........we always see those great cars in the background, but you are the Howard Hughes of hot rodding...........very secretive.


Don

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Whatcha putting that sweet setup on Bob? It's about time you posted some progress pictures of your own........we always see those great cars in the background, but you are the Howard Hughes of hot rodding...........very secretive.
Don

Hmmmm, my hair and nails have been getting longer, I do wash with anit-bacterial soap, and I own property in Vegas........................you might be on to something!

Hey Pops,
That carb setup looks great! dans dash looks fantastic too! Nice work!
Don Jr