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[Gerrit]

Near Barcelona, Malc?

[tedly]

Some junk I'm working on in my shop. 56 B-Turd

Is that Rochester fuel injection??? I don't think so but I've never seen a setup like that before!

[Deaf Bob]

Early T-birds had a weird carb thathad a dome over top.
International 501-6 cyl had it too

[tedly]

I thought it looked like a carb, but how does the air come in??? That does not look like there could be enough airflow to support any kind of power.

[malc]

Near Barcelona, Malc?

A kick in the pants up the road from me.
Ten years ago that river filled that gap under the bridge and was always running fast, now up north it´s dammed.
The freeway you see runs right to the south of Spain.

[Barry Donovan]

I thought it looked like a carb, but how does the air come in??? That does not look like there could be enough airflow to support any kind of power.

atomization was thought to be needed by engineers.
they broke the speed of sound with air.
most likely part of the french origin... back when alloys in engines needed a lot of help. late 1800s.

The last to use that one barrel on big displacement in america was a 292 chevrolet into 1994. Fleet truck.
almost 100 years of original 1 barrel mentality.

they are so tight, the 43mm barrel on a 1.8 liter boxer whistles like a tea pot.. an engine almost 3 times less displacement. (I still use the 1 barrel rochester). As long as you can hear the whaistle, the sound barrier is far away, going slow enough to be normal.
On the last of them, they do not atomize, (since mid 70s) it is more like an electrical charge injector. I joke to call it the worlds first injector..
the rochester 1 barrels last design used electric indirect.

[Deaf Bob]

I thought it looked like a carb, but how does the air come in??? That does not look like there could be enough airflow to support any kind of power.

Butterfly sized holes in the top.. One racer thought it would help his chevy converted stock car at th asphalt circle track.. It did..down low but ny revs it gasped for air..

[STINEY]

$5 Recumbent Trike

[Deaf Bob]

Interesting build!

[Pro Fleetline]

Progresss!

[tedly]

$5 Recumbent Trike

OK, I need detail shots of how this was accomplished.

[tedly]

Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh.

[tedly]

Matthew Webb was the first person to swim the English Channel.

[malc]

OH, yes please......gimmee......gimmee......gimmee......gi mmee

[Scott Liggett]

Is that Rochester fuel injection??? I don't think so but I've never seen a setup like that before!

It's a Holley 4 bbl, sometimes called the Teapot carb. Used on all these Y blocks with 4 bbl carbs. There are throttle blades at the top front to let air in.