Re: [AMC-list] Carter WCD base pattern

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

beenyears since I fooled with one.
Could a spacer be used to allow the larger carb?
I know linkage and hood clearance may be an issue, 
don't figure the intake would care much if a spacer was added,

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx>
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, February 1, 2010 1:47:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Carter WCD base pattern
>
> Tom, just remember -- it's not just the base, but how wide the carb
> body is also, and how it sits on the base. The WCD sits with the
> throttle shaft parallel to the motor, most carbs have the shaft
> perpendicular to the motor. On the 196 the carb is awful close to the
> valve cover, which is the main problem. 
> 
> What carb did the Ford 200/250 use? Did they have a 2V model or were
> all 1V? Those have the carb close to the valve cover also. I don't
> recall ever seeing a 2V, not that I've seen a lot of them...
> 
> --------------
> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:49:02 -0800 (PST)
> From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I didn't get to compare the base patterns of the BBD and WCD today
> sorry.  I did not get to the hangar but I plan to do it tomorrow
> morning first thing.
> 
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