Vintage Kendig Carburetor

[Dutchrebuild]

A buddy wants to try this out on my 440... engine is on the run stand. Does anyone know anything about these carbs? I never heard of them. Should I run it??

 

[gkent]

I'd love to try one of those !! Go for it !

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Kendig? I've always known those as Predator carbs...

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[Don selleck]

reminds me of a predator also

 

[33 IMP]

Petty sure Kendig went belly-up, and somebody bought the rights, and sold predators.
If they were great, don't you think you'd see a lot of them?
If I remember right, power was okay (maybe on a dyno), drivability was garbage.

 

[Dutchrebuild]

Definitely Kendig...got all the boxes and paper work

 

[gkent]

Kendig pre-dates Predator.

"If they were great, don't you think you'd see a lot of them?"

Maybe if the took a standard air cleaner !!

 

[Dutchrebuild]

Exactly...we searched high and low for the air cleaners... nowhere to be found...got 4 or 5 of the carbs tho...some used, some NOS

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Kendig pre-dates Predator.

"If they were great, don't you think you'd see a lot of them?"

Maybe if the took a standard air cleaner !!

And weren't twice as tall as other carbs...

yeah, I think Predator carbs showed up around 78-79.... I'd forgotten about there being a earlier version... Even in the 70's I didn't want anything excessively tall poking out of my hood...

 

[Cranky]

I remember the Predator carbs.....figured they were mainly for all out use at the track and crap on the street.

 

[MiradaMegaCab]

I believe early Predator carbs didn’t have an idle circuit or later models had an enhanced idle circuit.

 

[yella71]

Do it. let us all know how it works. nothing like first hand experience

 

[33 IMP]

I believe early Predator carbs didn’t have an idle circuit or later models had an enhanced idle circuit.

I know predator added something the kendig didn't have.. I thought it was an accelerator pump.

 

[forphorty]

Seems like I saw Predators on pulling trucks more than anything.

 

[33 IMP]

I might, (MIGHT!) try it on a dyno, to keep a close eye on air/fuel ratio.
I don't think I'd try it on an engine stand without an O2 meter.

 

[pnora]

I had several predator carbs. Very finicky and not to friendly. Myself I would not waste my time. If this is a fresh engine needing break in that would be my absolute last choice for a carb.

 

[dadsbee]

Put it in a glass case or screw it to the wall, so people can ask what it is....

 

[PRHeads]

All the details of the one time I tried to dyno test an engine with a pair of predators are long gone from my mind…….. it was like 1990.

It was a BBF with two of them on a TR.
Owner put kits in them.

We got it running, I don’t recall how much effort that required…….. but I remember it wouldn’t take a load, so we never got to make a pull.

He wanted them for the look.

My one and only experience with them.

 

[Lefty71]

Hopefully it doesn't need a kit before running it.

 

[Dutchrebuild]

Thanks for the opinions! I believe I will pass on running it...for now anyway. The engine on the stand right now is a bone stock 440-6 with a performer rpm in it for break-in... don't want to wash it down with a goofy old carb.