Has someone read this article at popularhotrodding.com? http://www.popularhotrodding.com/tech/0703phr_four_barrel_inline_carb/ Maybe the concept isn't new but according to phr it has been improved. The article says it's simple to tune, you can go 500 cfm or 1000 cfm just by changing the venturi sleeves. I think it finishes with the "carb vs efi" topic that some people usually debate. Too bad this carb is only for chevy small blocks.
For Ch*v*'s only? - Oh, I don't know. Buy the carb without a manifold, machine a lo-o-o-ong flat spot on top of the log manifold, open up the machined surface for the four venturis, bolt it on and .... let's go! An Inline Carburetor seems like a natural for our Inline Engines!!! Just my $0.02, BaldEagleMav
Yeah that a pretty sick setup. I would probably go that route before aftermarket EFI. Now we just have to wait a year or so till they make one for SBF! The concept isnt really new, since Webers were basically the same idea. But from what I've heard Webers were hard to keep tuned and such. Plus a Weber setup would run you well over 3 grand now.
Webers were 2v carbs that were adapted in groups to American V8s. The problem with Weber setups is that the manifolds made to adapt them to our engines use them as IR (individual runner) carbs. This means that you take 4 carbs and plug one barrel directly to each intake port. They have no way to balance, no cushion, no plenum... They are essentially 8 seperate carbs, or one carb that needs adjustment for each cylinder. Also, IR induction requires a massive amount of flow compared to the cfm needed when all cylinders share one carb. Attached is a pic of a typical Weber intake. You can see how each of the monster barrels feeds one port and one port only. On the inline carb, they are just copy cats. Just like they copied the Holley, they copied this from Ford. Ford beat them by almost 40 years! To add insult to lack of imagination, they remake this Ford carb and only offer it to fit a Chevy!
Ahhh, The Autolite Inline. I wish it had gone into full production. It was never mass produced and was never "available" on any production car. They never got the bugs out of it. The Weber's were four two barrels weren't they? I almost laid out the $600 to put them on my first mustang back in 1971. I ended up putting a Holley four barrel on it and I'm glad I did. Tuning four carbs on a V8 isn't any fun and you have to do it constantly if you want it to run smoothly.
I have (or maybe had) an old car magazine that had a big bumper MAVERICK that was Brown and it had a 302 with a 6-71 blower on it with an inline "boss" 4 barrel on it like the one in the picture.
Racing rules all over bow to Chevy when they whine. That is why Hemis, Boss 429s, SOHCs, Superbirds, King Cobras, and unrestricter plated 351s all went extinct.
After reading what I just posted, it reminds me of today's public schools... They dumb down the learning to suit the unmotivated kids, rather than challenging them to learn. "It's just not fair" Insert whining sound...
exactly it happens everyday with everything , well seams like it , someone whines and the rules get changed
