Hi guys,
Living in Australia we dont have as many choices in carburation as you chaps but never the less... I have a super six with bbd, extractors and orange box, great combo!! Now though over the years i have aquired a holley avenger 465 and a cain 4 barrel mainifold (like your offy) and also a twin two barrel with bbd's, now the question is to the guys who have tried these which is the best???
Nathan.
Sydneys Northern Beaches.

Actually...you blokes had more choices in carbs than we did, both OE and aftermarket.

Your slant-6s came from the factory with Carter BBS, Holley 1920 and Bendix-Technico BXUV-3 one-barrels, plus integral-choke Carter BBD two-barrels. Then there's the Carter RBS one-barrel and remote-choke BBD two-barrel used on the Hemi. Then there's the huge range of aftermarket manifold setups that were available, ranging from single or twin side-draught Webber such as this one to twin or triple SU or Stromburg CD carbies, there were a few different 4bbl intakes, twin downdraught 1bbl and 2bbl setups...

Which one's best totally depends on what you intend doing with the car.

I guess im after a little performance but not too much..I understand that if i want to smash the v8 boys (no big blocks over here) that triple webbers are the ONLY slant option, Im keen to hear from others with similat experience.

...did we ever figure out if the slant leans the other way "down under"?

D/W

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If it ain't broke, fix it!

How could you tell, they drive on the wrong side of the road!

At least in Australia y'all did not have the horrible Holley 1945.

Bendix makes carburetors?

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82 D150-225/727
02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

Yeah it slants the right way... dosent leave alot a room for the brake booster though.... oh well.
Kind regards
Nathan.

Ya gotta love twin bbd's................Thats what I'm dreamin'..

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1966 Dart GT
4 spd. OD conversion
8 3/4 - 3.55 SG (Sold)

62 Lancer GT
B Body 8 3/4

In fact if you wanna get rid of the twin 2 barrel setup...call me It will make you're decision process easier.

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1966 Dart GT
4 spd. OD conversion
8 3/4 - 3.55 SG (Sold)

62 Lancer GT
B Body 8 3/4

True. But in Australia, they don't have "y'all"...eh!
They did, until 1967. Many of them were used on Chrysler products, primarily V8s. The trade name under which Bendix made carbs in North America was "Stromburg". In Australia it was "Technico".

For ONE year only, 1963, North American Slant-6s got a Bendix Stromburg 1bbl carburetor as a production option (the factory used it if that's what they had, same as with Carter BBS or Holley 1920). It was the Stromburg "Model W" (WA3-219), and it was used only on full-size Dodges and Plymouths with 225 engine.

Wow!

I just saw that weber intake setup on ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 4521865908 - does anyone know who makes that manifold?

Maybe we could convince them to ship some here!

k

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1963 Dodge Dart, motor by Doug Dutra, Offenhauser two carb intake, Pertronix, Clifford 6x2, Flowmaster 40's, Erson RV15/295 RDP, head work. Addco anti-sway bar, urethane suspension bushings, KYB's, racing leafs, SSBC discs. Need ZDDP? Get STP.

There were actually lots of cars with vacuum-boosted brakes, right-hand drive and slant-6 engines. Various solutions were used in various cars in various countries. Even in the tight '61-'62 (R/S) engine bay, there's room for the factory brake booster right on the firewall. Same is true right on up through the end of slant-6 Australian Valiants in '70.

In South Africa, the oil filter was mounted to a bracket welded to the rocker cover, which would've made things too busy in that corner of the engine bay, so a remote booster was used. Pressing the brake pedal actuates a hydraulic cylinder which acts via pipes on a brake booster mounted way over on the left side of the engine bay, about halfway forward on the inner fender liner. This booster, in turn, actuates a cylinder that actuates the brakes. This is actually kind of a nifty setup and was very common on English Commonwealth cars; it allows selective boost of just one set of brakes. The South African-market Valiants of the early 1970s, for instance, were equipped with boosted front disc brakes and UNboosted rear drums! Good way to avoid the rear lockup problems that were otherwise common on disc/drum setups of the day.

That was a Lynx piece. Looks nifty as all héll, but I'm not so sure it'd be a particularly keen setup. Look at the unequal lengths of the manifold runners relative to the carburetor. Also no manifold heat. I'd be much more enthusiastic if this were a twin sidedraught Weber setup (like the offy 2x1bbl but with sidedraughts instead of downdraughts).

Then again, I already have a pile of Australian triple sidedraught SU intake setups.

Note you can make your own. The carb mounting pads on the Offenhauser 5041 twin 1bbl intake are deliberately sized and shaped to make it easy to hog out the ports and drill/tap for the four-stud carb mount.

Naw, the engine slants the same way. It's the people who slant the other way.