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Re: 3.5 V8 manifold

To: "Jones, Daniel C" <Daniel.Jones@MW.Boeing.com>
Subject: Re: 3.5 V8 manifold
From: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:42:40 -0400
The Carter 400 was a great carb, very suitable for many V-6's as well as
small V-8's. Really a shame they stopped production.

Jim Stuart

"Jones, Daniel C" wrote:

> > At least on a conventional gasoline powered 3.5 or 215, the 500 cfm
> > Carters work fine out of the box, with only minor mixture & idle
> > adjustments, I
> > also have know info on LPG.
> >
> The reason I suggested the 400 CFM carb is that it has smaller primary
> venturis and should provide better low speed atomization.  The primary
> side of the 500 is the same as the 600/625.  The flow difference comes
> entirely from the secondaries.  It's a shame they never made an AFB with
> the 400's primaries and the 600's secondaries.
>
> I don't know about the availability of AFB's in Australia but I do know
> that some of the Aussie 351C Fords were equipped with Thermoquads.
>
> Dan Jones


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