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Tri power carbs on 440 six barrel?

The Quadrajunk is just that.
Junk. GM carbs WONT bolt to a factory Alumium 1969/70 6 Pack Intake. Im told the BLACK gaskets are the "Way to Go"?
 
The Quadrajunk is just that.
Junk. GM carbs WONT bolt to a factory Alumium 1969/70 6 Pack Intake. Im told the BLACK gaskets are the "Way to Go"?
Rochesters from a pontiac,chevy 348, caddy or olds wont. The corvette tripower carbs certainly will . The vette carbs and the 340/440 carbs are all variations of 2300 holley.
 
My friends must use different float bowl and metering block gaskets that you all use.


Yep, Ive been told by CHICAGO CARBURETOR, to USE THE BLACK Gaskets? No problems yet. Even WITH Ethanol
(69 1/2 A12, 440 Six Pack)
 
To rebut your statement...
True, the method of fuel containment is different and the air flow ratings of the different brands is significantly different, as well as the physical dimendions....but the longevity of the Holley fuel bowl and metering block gaskets, when applied correctly, meet the life of Rochester, Carter, Weber, etal components.
If you look at the other contributor's comments, there are just as many pro comments as negative. To wholesalely state Rochester carbs are better than ________ (fill in the blank) without plausible substantiation or explanation to their shortcomings, is, in my opinion, unacceptable. The subject can be correlated to the similar arguments/discussions regarding: spark plugs, lubricants, octane boosters, waxes and cleaning products and, brands of beer. It all depends the individual's perception and expectations.... just my thoughts.
BOB RENTON
I agree. I ran my 6 pac Holleys for 12 years trouble free before the car went to Australia. No complaints from the Aussie either. I never ran any ethanol through them and neither did the Aussie. I think he told me their gas was something like 110 octane and they don't have any ethanol fuels. Seems to me, the Holley set up is as good as it gets once they are set up properly and you don't feed em any corn. Not that I endorse Holley. When it comes to carburetors, I'm a Carter guy Especially the Thermo Quad.
 
Yep, Ive been told by CHICAGO CARBURETOR, to USE THE BLACK Gaskets? No problems yet. Even WITH Ethanol

FWIW-YMMV, and I posted about this previously BTW. I purchased my '08 boat new winter '07. It has a Holley 2300 on it. I've run nothing but 87 octane ethanol fuel with Stabil (standard stuff not marine) added since new. 4 or 5 years ago I pulled the carb off because I just knew it was loaded with gunk due to the cheap ethanol "reformulated" stuff around here in the summer.
I removed the float bowl and was surprised to find the internals immaculate. It also found it has the factory blue coated gaskets in it. I just slapped it back together as it was and haven't messed with it since. So I'm working on season 13 with the same gaskets. BTW, I do not drain the carb for 5 months of winter layup.
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Yep. Anything but a QuadraJunk...lol

How do I Make a new Post on forum? My A12 started to run like crap right after a few short high RPM drag racing bursts on a local street Monday. Falls on its face upon acceleration, I get an Umpf, then NO throttle at all then it Jumps into a high RPM... I think its electrical, my coil is old, ECU, voltage reg, Ballast resistor, are all old. I have new wiring harnesses from Year One, I used to know these things. After inheriting my Dads 6 pack car? I suddenly DON'T. LoL Uuugh
 
Where'd ya get the BLUE gaskets?
The 2300 above came from the factory with them.
A Holley "396" kit will have 'em for the 2300 I do believe. They also came in a carb kit for my 3310 I just rebuilt.
 
I have always run 93 to 94 octane 10 % ethenol for many years now with no problems at all.
Basically starts, runs and drives almost like a modern car, no drama at all.
The only time i use stabil is in the winter for storage, but i do drive fairly often in the winter when the roads are clean.
 
i just bought a barry grant six shooter setup for my driver 383 , these carbs are only 250 cfm each . should offer up good fuel mileage and good throttle response . its for my wifes cool driver . it will go into her 65 bel rag i bought her . she doesn't know about the buy . plan on surprising her with it . i've been hinting around about color and car nick names . but i have so much stuff going on . i still think it will be a surprise . what do you guys think , anyone used them ?

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Yep. Anything but a QuadraJunk...lol
The discussion here is 2 bbls, but from my experience the Rochester and Carter 4bbl Quadrajets performed quite well. My 440 loved a Quadrajet with an adapter plate, I just wanted to see how it would run and was quite impressed. Chrysler used Quadrajets after the Thermoquad went out of production, before moving on to fuel injection systems. :)
 
i just bought a barry grant six shooter setup for my driver 383 , these carbs are only 250 cfm each . should offer up good fuel mileage and good throttle response . its for my wifes cool driver . it will go into her 65 bel rag i bought her . she doesn't know about the buy . plan on surprising her with it . i've been hinting around about color and car nick names . but i have so much stuff going on . i still think it will be a surprise . what do you guys think , anyone used them ?

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I dont know much about the six shooter setup, probably because i thought of it as a very expensive, small cfm setup for a small block chevy. I would guess the carbs would be similar to 2300 holleys. i dont know of any reason they couldn't be made to work. They might be a little small on a 440, or they might work great? I have seen tests of that setup on a 350 chevy but frankly, i dont remember any huge performance benefit, but i do remember a huge "suggested retail price". They struck me as almost three grand of eyewash for the ratrod crowd.
Edit: i do like the annular boosters, but that might be another reason the rated cfm is small.
 
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in this setup i'm looking for look of course . but the wife doesn't need a racer . just a good driver , and fuel mileage is also a item on the list . the little center carb should get good wind speed for a good throttle response . and if she needs speed . well two 250 cfm carbs are right there to feed out 750 total cfm . thats plenty for a mild 383 . even my hotrod driver has a hot 383 and runs less cfm then these . can't see a down fall do to cfm . cost was not near retail on these .
 
Missil, for your stated purpose, it sounds like they should work great. Id love to know what you had to give for the carbs, but it's not any of my business so i wont ask.
 
Three 250 cfm 2 barrels dont equal 750 if you rate them the same way 4 barrels are calculated, your probably closer to 530 cfm

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Sometime during the 1950’s, engineers found that a passenger engine with a four-barrel carburetor would not maintain a vacuum of 3 inches of mercury at wide-open throttle; and by some convention 1 ½ inches of mercury was chosen for rating 4-barrel carburetors. The ratings for 1-barrel and 2-barrel carburetors were left unchanged.

To convert from one system to another (with a very small percentage of error) is relatively simple. Simply use the square root of 2 (1.414). Thus to convert a two-barrel rating into a four-barrel rating, divide the two-barrel rating by 1.414. To convert the four-barrel rating to a two-barrel rating, multiply the four-barrel rating by 1.414.
 
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The Quadrajunk is just that.
Junk. GM carbs WONT bolt to a factory Alumium 1969/70 6 Pack Intake. Im told the BLACK gaskets are the "Way to Go"?
Not true. My tri powers work just fine.
 
i had a setup using those ford type holleys . mopar may sell those but there ford type tri power carbs .
 
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