It had three carbs! But not like you think!
What's really weird is that it looks like they all have fuel lines!
AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! That's possibly the stupidest looking engine (corrugated coolant lines help!) engine compartment I've ever seen!
It had three carbs! But not like you think!
What's really weird is that it looks like they all have fuel lines!
AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! That's possibly the stupidest looking engine (corrugated coolant lines help!) engine compartment I've ever seen!
What... the... actual...
?
I hate to jump to conclusions, but I can't come up with any reasonable explanation for the existence of that mess.
Could it be for some wet-plate nitrous injection or meth injection or something?
I don't...
but the...
and it...
?????
It's like compound turbocharging. Only that actually works.
Lugnut wrote: Could it be for some wet-plate nitrous injection or meth injection or something?
Maybe it's crystal meth injection.
What the actual berkeley?
I bet that would be fun to tune!
Lugnut wrote: Could it be for some wet-plate nitrous injection or meth injection or something?
Or just a short velocity stack/tunnel ram.
It's easy. It's so people will stare at it at the car show and will vote for it because it must be better/cooler/faster/blingier than the car next to it because compound series-parallel carbs are better.
DrBoost wrote: It's easy. It's so people will stare at it at the car show and will vote for it because it must be better/cooler/faster/blingier than the car next to it because compound series-parallel carbs are better.
YOU WIN!!!!
http://www.summitracing.com/expertadviceandnews/featuredvehicles/timeless-mike-snode-39-s-1930-ford-coupe/slideshow
Right behind the coupe’s 1932 grille is where tradition takes a backseat to ingenuity. Here, Mike swapped the original timeworn four-banger for a one-of-a-kind Chevy 383. Pull your eyes away from the polish and chrome, and you’ll notice the towering intake setup, featuring a pair of 2GC Rochesters feeding a 750 cfm Edelbrock Performer. Valve covers emblazoned with “Father Time” give a nod to one of the car’s previous owners, a clock maker from Mike’s hometown.
I think I found the inspiration for this:
I have one and it work great.
Yo, dawg, I heard you like carbs..
Doesnt run rich because of the wasted money.
I can't imagine the vibration those carbs must undergo way out at the end of those tubes.
Of course, what am I thinking, it's not like it's a running car...
Anyhow, the tubes/hoses are: radiator hose, radiator support rods, fuel lines, and two throttle cables... and bling, lots of bling.
Pre-mixture?
kb58 wrote: I can't imagine the vibration those carbs must undergo way out at the end of those tubes. Of course, what am I thinking, it's not like it's a running car... Anyhow, the tubes/hoses are: radiator support, fuel, and two throttle cables... and bling, lots of bling.
I don't think you saw everything 
Follow the air...
Because Mo Be Betta!
$ to donuts the top two are for show and don't actually do anything. Only the Edelbrock is an actual working carb.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
Agreed. The horrifying thing is that that's the best we can hope for...
I saw it in the catalog and was equally confused. The top two and the owner have got to be dummys.
93gsxturbo wrote: I saw it in the catalog and was equally confused. The top two and the owner have got to be dummys.
That's what I would hope for as well, at least then it would be a horribly restricted carb to tune. The owner went through the trouble of having fuel lines run to the top carbs, though. I dunno. maybe they plumbed them all and just never started it?
Keith Tanner wrote: I don't think you saw everything
I did, and suspect either the upper or lower "carburetors" aren't.
Much like the quad-supercharged car. I saw that one in person and the belts are so skinny they can't transfer any power. I suspect that the "supercharger" housings are empty.
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