making log manifolds streetable.
YBlockT's 292 with 6 carbs will look awesome. The 50's engines, especially the 7 years of Dodge,Desoto,& Chrysler Hemi's are beautiful in a roadster but custom intakes are like looking for a needle in a haystack. Log manifolds mounting 4, 6 ,or 8 strombergs are easy to make. The problem with this many carbs is they flood easy, don't idle good and have a HUGE bog when you mash the gas. Heres a trick I use to make these AWESOME looking systems streetable and avoid the embarrassment of having a car that won't start or stalls on you. Mount one rebuilt carb on each log, and make the others dummies. Use the base gasket for a template and cut block-off plates from thin sheet aluminum (beer cans work good, they can be cut with scissors) and sandwich them between the carb and the manifold. Remove the throttle plates leaving the throttle shafts in, block the fuel fitting (I braze it shut), run your fuel lines and throttle linkage to the dummie carbs. You can actually watch all the carbs working in sycronization and no one can tell they're really dummies. I hope this brings out some of those nostalgic engines out of retirement. Chester Greenhalgh