And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It'd flow a little more than the 750 cfm Carter 4-bbl carbs that came on the regular 440. The thought expressed to me is that normal driving ran the off the center 2-bbl carb (enhanced fuel efficiency) and then the full 6 opened up when you really wanted to show off. What I noted is that the stock cast iron intake manifold was hideously heavy and constricted, the aluminum manifold I had with my 6-pack (definitely not stock) was way lighter and flowed much better. Any horsepower improvement probably came more from the manifold than the extra carbs. However, some old-timers maintained that the 2-bbl carbs flowed "faster" than the 4-bbl, but I never understood why they thought that. I got about the same speed with an Edelbrock dual plane aluminum intake and a massive 900 cfm Holley 4-bbl, except that damn Holley leaked like a sieve. So the 6-pack, in my experience, was mostly bragging rights and showing off.
Carbs are tricky things. They Deon engine vacuum to work. Opening up too big, too quick, the engine stumbles. (Dodge 318?) I had a Chevy 350 I built with the help of an experienced mechanic. Tried 3 different 4 bbls. Never quite ran right. He gave me a single barrel he had built for a circle track car. That engine became a rocket. It’s all in the balance!
Never seen one of these. Did it do any good, or was it one of those '+0.5 hp (maybe)' wonders?
ReplyDeleteIt'd flow a little more than the 750 cfm Carter 4-bbl carbs that came on the regular 440. The thought expressed to me is that normal driving ran the off the center 2-bbl carb (enhanced fuel efficiency) and then the full 6 opened up when you really wanted to show off.
DeleteWhat I noted is that the stock cast iron intake manifold was hideously heavy and constricted, the aluminum manifold I had with my 6-pack (definitely not stock) was way lighter and flowed much better. Any horsepower improvement probably came more from the manifold than the extra carbs.
However, some old-timers maintained that the 2-bbl carbs flowed "faster" than the 4-bbl, but I never understood why they thought that. I got about the same speed with an Edelbrock dual plane aluminum intake and a massive 900 cfm Holley 4-bbl, except that damn Holley leaked like a sieve. So the 6-pack, in my experience, was mostly bragging rights and showing off.
Carbs are tricky things. They Deon engine vacuum to work. Opening up too big, too quick, the engine stumbles. (Dodge 318?)
DeleteI had a Chevy 350 I built with the help of an experienced mechanic. Tried 3 different 4 bbls. Never quite ran right. He gave me a single barrel he had built for a circle track car.
That engine became a rocket.
It’s all in the balance!
I watched something a couple days ago, (can't remember if tv or net) where a Superbird was appraised at $200k! I wish I had my dads' 300G.
ReplyDeleteA guy I worked with over 50 years ago had a 440 '69 Charger with a scoop. It operated by a motor with the switch on the dashboard
ReplyDelete440 six pack - the Big Gulp.
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