I have access to a 1964 327 air cleaner if you need it. Joe Fulton Salinas, Ca --- mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > If your dealing with the small 287 carb, good luck, > My brother tried two on his Marlin with no luck at > all, new kits thorough cleaning exact settings etc; > results, same as you are experiencing. Then my dad > went down to the garage he works at, Tewells in > Uniontown, Pa former dealer, He rummaged through the > stuff in the old parts bins and stumbled across a 66 > 327 two barrel carb that had been pulled from a > lawyers wife's Ambassador because they had thought > they ordered a four barrel car and it came in with a > two barrel so the dealer swappped the intake and > carb to the four barrel for them. My dad took that > larger NOS two barrel carb and cleaned it up and put > a kit in it. The 287 loves this carb! My brother > says it starts like it has EFI and runs the same. > So you may want to go this route, You will need to > find the matching 327 aircleaner if you want to > maintain the look of the stock engine compartment. > > -- > Mark Price > markprice242ATadelphia.net > Morgantown, WV > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > : Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:22:24 -0700 > Subject: Re: Carb info needed. > From: "Timothy O'Connell" <toconnel@xxxxxxx> > To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <BFD98580.EE90%toconnel@xxxxxxx> > > Speaking of carbs.....I'm on my second rebuilt 2 > barrel for my 63 classic > V8. Is there anything out there that I can use that > will be a little more > reliable? Every time I rebuild one of these....or > have it rebuilt....I end > up with the same issues...it starts dumping fuel > like crazy into the bowl, > floods and dies. Then it just surges cause the we > can't get the float, etc. > to work properly. I give up! > > I hate to say it...but I'm open to considering a > "non-original" part to > resolve this....something I've avoided 'till now. > > Anyway....any suggestions? > > T. > > > > From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > > Reply-To: > <mail-From-toconnel-mac.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:31:42 -0800 > > To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: Carb info needed. > > > > Ugh, beware trying to juggle BBD carb infernals; > there are many, many > > tiny variations in castings, drillings, acc pumps, > throttle shafts, > > etc etc as to be not worth the bother. ESPECIALLY > if you're trying to > > do this with junkyard parts to save money. > > > > > > > > >