1969 Torino

[Flash68]

I thought we agreed no more pics of that scary gimp holding cell

Run the duals. You know you want to.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by GrabberGT

Im asking Santa for new valve covers. What kind are those? Maybe I'll get lucky and he can deliver them with a motor attached.

Chris

You must have been really nice this year if you think Santa is putting a whole motor under your tree.

The VCs are made by a buddy of Blairs. I think he is in North Carolina if I remember correctly. He makes them to order with breathers where you want them or with none like mine. He can also engrave whatever logo you want in them. They were more than the average VC but I'd have to look back to see how much.

When I was first shopping for VCs I saw a few set of nice looking Sheet Metal style covers available. For a SBF they should be pretty easy to come by. If you want I'll ask Blair for his guys contact info and send it to you.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Flash68

I thought we agreed no more pics of that scary gimp holding cell

Run the duals. You know you want to.

We agreed to NOTHING

Of course I want to run the duals. Other than an EFI weenie who wouldn't

[GregWeld]

That dyno room gives me goose bumps… and raises the hair on the back of my neck.




If I didn't know better -- I'd think you were 80+ years old… Dual Carbs? Really?
Last time I adjusted a carb it was on a cement mixer.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

That dyno room gives me goose bumps… and raises the hair on the back of my neck.




If I didn't know better -- I'd think you were 80+ years old… Dual Carbs? Really?
Last time I adjusted a carb it was on a cement mixer.

Thank you for seeing signs of "the greatest generation" in me. That's the nicest thing you could say.

And now for a quick time out from this build thread so I can

For those of you who don't appreciate what you have or why you have it; that is the generation that, as Tom Brokaw wrote in his 1998 book:

"it is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced." "these men and women fought not for fame and recognition, but because it was the right thing to do."

They took us out fo the depression and put our country at the pinnacle of the world in their time.

If any of you get a chance hang out with an 80+ year old for an afternoon and learn something. They will probably tell you how to rebuild this country

and

maybe even how to tune a set of dual quads.

I'm a big fan of hanging out with old geezers.

And now back to our regular programming.

GW

It hurts when you refer to that Yellow Mustang as a "cement mixer". You know deep down inside you aren't an EFi weenie and love your carbs.

Remember every-time you get out of that Lotus EFI gokart and back into the Mustang you get goosebumps and the hair on your neck stand up when you mash the skinny pedal and hear the butterflies in the carb open.

Now you know why you feel that way when you look at that picture.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by FETorino

GW

It hurts when you refer to that Yellow Mustang as a "cement mixer". You know deep down inside you aren't an EFi weenie and love your carbs.

Well I walked into that one didn't I…

[Vegas69]

It's like arguing that the outhouse is superior to indoor plumbing.

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

It's like arguing that the outhouse is superior to indoor plumbing.

And for the record, there is no such thing as an EFI weenie.

[intocarss]

Originally Posted by FETorino

OK fact checker you know what I mean.

It's like referring to the KPI, King Pin Inclination of your spindle when you don't have a Kingpin.

You can still find reference to portions of a spindle as an axle





JerDog. Eventually.

I ran both setups on the dyno. My 701hp on E85 was made with a single 4150.

Back to back on Gas the first weekend on the dyno we got close to 25hp more with the dual quad over a single Dominator and about 35hp more than the single 4150. I don't own, or have access to a pair to borrow, of properly set up dual E85 carbs so I don't know what the E85 single vs dual quad hp difference would be. I'm sure the duals would also make more hp on E85. The intake is just a better overall design.

One day when the bleeding of $$ slows I'll build a matched set of E85s for the dual quad and it will go on the car. Just for the cool factor if nothing else. For now I'm just running my single 4150.

REAL MEN TUNE WITH A SCREWDRIVER,,,, NOT A LAPTOP

[INTMD8]

Originally Posted by intocarss

REAL MEN TUNE WITH A SCREWDRIVER,,,,

Yep, they also hunted mastadon. AKA cave men.