Thread: Went to a car show, with pictures.

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Hmmmmmmmmmmm, ya know, I am starting to wonder. He is avoiding my phone calls and his GF says he is "busy." BTW Don, I didn't realize your trophy was THAT much bigger!!

Thanks guys for the nice words. Always a little sheepish to say "hey, I won a trophy" but I know in this crowd it is accepted for what it was.....simply a guy who never gets many of these and is surprised beyond belief when the judges take pity on me.

I went to a little cruise tonight right from work. I drove my T to work today, and got the the cruise about 5:30. A friend told me that this place in Ft Myers Beach has a cruise the first Monday of each month, and I expected maybe 10 cars to show up. When I got there they said "sorry, we are filled up already and don't have room for you. I gave them my best puppy dog look and they said "well, your car is small, so we will find room." The place was jammed with over 100 cars, ranging from antiques to a 6 second drag Citation. I was bummed because lots of the cars from the show yesterday were there and I could have gotten Pat the pictures of the pink Studebaker, but I didn't bring my camera. I am going back the first Monday in February, and will try to get a picture of it and other cars then.

Thanks again everyone for the nice compliments and for bearing with me.


Don

Love the Dodge with the Hemi and crossram!

Remember pops, its not the size of the trophy

Congrats from here too, Don and Don jr. One thing bothers me though, in all the pictures, I only saw two T buckets----------hmmmmm, 1st and 2nd huh? Great cars you two. How is Dan coming on his? Any progress lately? Perley

No, there were actually a few more T's there, but we usually ask to be put in the "Custom Yugo" class...........it's one way for sure to walk away with a trophy!!!

Don

Congratulations on the wins for both of you!

Like someone else said, I would hate to have to choose between your cars. They're both super great looking.

BTW How are the new carbs working out as far as gas mileage? Just curious.

Mike

Thanks. Well, I haven't fiddled with them yet to adjust the idle screws or anything, I just bolted them on and that was it. I think I am going to play with the idle jets and progressive linkage this weekend to try to get them more dialed in. As it is, I have to say the single 4 just felt better, and probably got better milage, simply because the carb fed fuel/air correctly into the dual plane manifold. With this setup both carbs are dumping fuel into a common chamber, with the primary carb dumping most of it at the back of the adapter. I think that may tend to be the cause of some little flat spots I am experiencing when accelerating.

I resisted changing anything on the car for the past year because it just ran so darned good with the 4 barrel setup.........powerwise as well as fuel economy. But I like the looks of the two carbs and scoops much better and most people who see them agree. I know adapter type setups are maybe a little "gimmicky" and not a true multicarb setup, but it does give a certain funkiness and oldtimey look to the engine now. It is also a nice view from the drivers seat going down the road and you can hear air sucking down the throats.

So, I guess I made a little trade off, and haven't really driven it enough to tell if milage is worse or better, but I'm betting it is worse due to the design.

Don

Don

There is NO doubt that the twins look better that what you had.

That adapter gives you a lot of plenum volume. You might need a little more accelerator pump shot to clear up those flat spots. Might try drilling out the accelerator pump discharge ports in the venturi cluster to dump the pump shot a little faster. Not much mechanical adjustment on the amount of pump shot, except to make sure the link is adjusted to give maximum stroke.

Mike

Thanks for the pics Don. Congratulations to both of you. You said it was a "Hot day"? I think it was snowing here.

Haaahaaaa. Good one Don. You're FUNNY.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

No, there were actually a few more T's there, but we usually ask to be put in the "Custom Yugo" class...........it's one way for sure to walk away with a trophy!!!

Don

It was a perfect day. About 83 degrees and sunny. Got to love Florida!

Wish some of that weather would come this way, it's like 42 outside!