An old friend of mine asked if I could resurrect his Shelby intake system for a 302 Ford engine. I said yes!
He purchased this new in the box over 40 years ago and only put 25 miles on it when new and then it sat. These were a "over the counter" item from Ford in 1966. It's a whole lot of carburetion for a 289 (2 600 Holleys) but, with enough RPM?
Anyhow, the original linkage was missing when he bought it so, he made a linkage but it wouldn't open the front carb fully (I don't think he knew that). I did some research and found the rear carb pin on the throttle shaft was installed in the bottom hole (like the front carb was) but, was supposed to be in the top hole to obtain full opening of the front carb. I ground off the swage and drilled and tapped a 6-32 hole in the pin to bolt the pin to the lever and constructed a new linkage (with a Chrysler KD adjustment feature).
I rebuilt the carbs, blasted the intake and air cleaner and applied Ever Brite to the aluminum castings. Even made a carrier for the assembly!
Mike
He purchased this new in the box over 40 years ago and only put 25 miles on it when new and then it sat. These were a "over the counter" item from Ford in 1966. It's a whole lot of carburetion for a 289 (2 600 Holleys) but, with enough RPM?
Anyhow, the original linkage was missing when he bought it so, he made a linkage but it wouldn't open the front carb fully (I don't think he knew that). I did some research and found the rear carb pin on the throttle shaft was installed in the bottom hole (like the front carb was) but, was supposed to be in the top hole to obtain full opening of the front carb. I ground off the swage and drilled and tapped a 6-32 hole in the pin to bolt the pin to the lever and constructed a new linkage (with a Chrysler KD adjustment feature).
I rebuilt the carbs, blasted the intake and air cleaner and applied Ever Brite to the aluminum castings. Even made a carrier for the assembly!
Mike
