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Trivia questions - just for fun.

Just fired up my "new" Stude engine last weekend, I bought a new 650CFM "thunder series" carb, I have to say that even though the carb is theoretically too big for the engine (would have cost me another couple hundred bucks to get a 500 CFM) the throttle response is very very nice indeed, and I haven't even done a lick of tuning on it - in fact I don't even have a strip kit for it yet, unless you count a vintage one for an AFB (but I think I will go ahead and buy an Edelbrock one so at least the numbers make sense when looking at the manual.) All I did was to set the idle and decrease the pump shot a little, and it pulls like a freight train. (of course I swapped a tired engine for a good engine that had an extra 25 horses or so to begin with, stuck in a

4-speed at the same time, and changed from a 3.31:1 to 3.73:1 rear, so I guess it probably would have felt much nicer anyway even with the same carb I was using before...)

I dunno why you're down on the AFB though, it's the same exact carb except for the secondaries...

nate

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N8N
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The corvair monza had 4 carbs I think.

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Ashton Crusher

See answers above. The monza had two on the standard 110 hp engine. The Corsa had four on the standard 140 hp engine. I believe the monza could have been ordered with the 140 hp as well as an option.

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Lhead

I wouldn't say I'm "down" on it. Its great on a big engine that moves a lot of air, but it doesn't adapt as well to smaller engines, or transition onto secondaries as smoothly as the AVS even on big engines.

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Steve

It was factory equipment on the Stude 289 and worked fairly well; not sure what you're calling a smaller engine...

The AVS does seem to transition better out of the box, but I have spent no time tuning on it.

nate

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Nate Nagel

Truly an interesting discussion - I like how smoe folks got onto their own discussion of a specific carburetor and its failings or highlights...

Factory means (to me) that it is something you and I can go and order or buy off the showroom floor. If it's a racecar only option, then it wouldn't be factory.

Good questions LHead!!!

Lhead wrote:

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1967.ranchero.restoration

Pontiac offered TriPower as early as 1957, and Oldsmobile offered it under the J-2 name the same year. Chevy offered it in 1958 as an option on the

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ROY BRAGG

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