Re: Carb for my T'all

[Ben Cole <bcole@domain.elided>]

Dan,

So you just use the adapter plate to bolt the carb up to the existing IH
manifold? A guy at the local shop her told me that that would work but the
airflow would be messed up if you really gave it some gas.

Ben


On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Daniel Nees wrote:

> Ben,
>    I think the best aftermarket carb available for the 4 barrel IH V8 is
> the Carter AFB / Edelbrock carb. You need to buy a adapter plate for
> either the speadbore manifold AND the squarebore manifold so it doesn't
> matter which you pickup. John L has done some extensive tuning on his
> Edelbrock and gets good mialage out of it. I have not changed anything
> on mine, except screw adjustments and I get about 11-12 MPG in my
> typical driving style. A softer foot would get 13 easy. I got close to
> 18MPG on the highway coming home from Nationals. I need to buy and
> install the off-road needlesfor my AFB, but; aside from that I love my
> carb.
>    The only thing better would be a Holley ProJection.
> 
> Dan Nees
> cookiedan@domain.elided
> The
> "Good" 1979 Scout II  345/auto 
> The
> "Bad" 1971 Scout II 304/T-18 
> And the
> "Ugly" 1979 Scout II 345/auto 
> 
> http://members.tripod.com/~IHCaholic/scoutindex.html 
> 
>