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Re: Carb info needed



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. 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 








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