Thread: tri power compared to a 4 barrel

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Running a 4L60E will cost an arm and a leg for the electronic controls - unless you can salvage them from a junker and rewire. A 700R4 has pretty much the same advantages with less trouble to set up.

Tri-carbs are a little harder to tune, but they raise a flag that says "Hey . . . this is a hot rod." If I had a set, I'd use them.

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There is nothin' better to look at then a nice tri-power. I had a 406 Ford with the OEM version, then put it on my '65 390 Police Interceptor engine, then a 390 Torino GT, again with that same set up. All 4 speeds engines. And yes, those Holleys were a throbbin' pain where I sit - but did they ever look nice. Power valves, mostly as there was no check valve mod "way back then".

Then there is 'that sound' when the end carbs dump at full throttle with that open air cleaner

I finally sold that setup about 5 years ago - for a lot of $$$!!

I run tri-power on my 32' and 31'. Even my 65' Chevy has dual quads. The 4 barrels performed better, but off idle response was better with the tri-powers.

Once you get the carbs dialed in they shouldn't give you any more problems than a 4 brl would. I have a tri power set of Rochester 2G's on my 57 Olds and once they are dialed in there are two things to remember. Keep you foot out of it and don't tend to tinker.

4 brl's under 600 cfm tend to be better at gas misering, but there's no comparision when you get all 6 brl's flowing. You can actually watch your gas guage needle go down if you get into it long enough. Used to be fun when gas was under $2/gal. Not as fun today.

Tri Power for sure. I've run 2 different set ups and about to put this on my SBC.

Wow Chevy 37, that trip setup shure is purty! Even better looking than Carmen Electra............ah, no, wait, scratch that, but they are still nice looking.

Don

thanks everyone i like the looks like every one is saying it says hotrod . i found a set to run the 4l60e but it is 1000 dollars i thank i could spend that thousand on sum thing better like the tri power set up i bought used for a thousand dollors i need to redo the paint and take the paint off the intake and polosh it or get another intake i have pics but not on this computer so i will try to post a pic tomorrow thanks again kelly