Ever hear of a fish Carburetor? How well might it work on a slant?

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Grandpa's 1974 Dart Custom 4 door 225 auto, Aluminum Radiator, 1920 Holley.

The homebuilt "super amazing miracle economy" Fish carburetor would work as poorly on a slant-6 as it worked on every other engine it was tried on.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I was looking at a few of them the other day at a friends shop and they didn't look hand made to me. Have you ever seen one?

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Grandpa's 1974 Dart Custom 4 door 225 auto, Aluminum Radiator, 1920 Holley.

Are you referring to the Pogue/Fish 200 MPG carb that you could buy plans to build from the back of Popular Science? Or some other carb manufactured under the "Fish" name? Pics?

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Casually looking for a Clifford hyperpak intake for cheap.

Yep, I've seen 'em. "Handmade" not in the sense of shaping a lump of clay with one's own fingers, but in the sense of non-mass-production, small-scale manufacture.

They don't work as advertised, no matter how fervently believed-in.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

As far as i can tell the Fish is different than the Pogue.

http://www.fireballroberts.com/Fish_Story.htm

http://www.mikebrownsolutions.com/bccfish.htm

Interesting sounding, no claims of 100 mpg, that was Pogue. The newly made version is a bit pricey even if it did work well.

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Grandpa's 1974 Dart Custom 4 door 225 auto, Aluminum Radiator, 1920 Holley.

The Predator carb was based on that design IIRC.

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'72 Duster 198 stock cam, 3:23's Hookers on jack stands for 8 years in the driveway
'79 Maxivan 360 Offy Qjet Comp RV cam/rusting in the driveway.
93 D350 160HP Cummins Auto Dually Clubcab needs a injector pump
2005 Golden Couch Buick

Oh, my gawd. Is this guy really expecting money orders for $425 to start filling his mailbox? "Send us $425 via money order…we'll let you know when to send the balance due and get your carburetor". Look in the dictionary under "gullible", and in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations under "A fool and his money are soon parted", and in Notable Quotables under P.T. Barnum.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

$850 total for that carb? Probably another $425 in shipping!

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'72 Duster 198 stock cam, 3:23's Hookers on jack stands for 8 years in the driveway
'79 Maxivan 360 Offy Qjet Comp RV cam/rusting in the driveway.
93 D350 160HP Cummins Auto Dually Clubcab needs a injector pump
2005 Golden Couch Buick

Further research found that the Fish carb was very popular in England and was produce by the Minnow Fish and Reece Fish companys. Reece Fish was the better of the 2. It was also licenced to a Canadian company.
Used ones can be found on popular net sites, $800+ is a bit steep when used are around.

I looked up the Poque and it is wierd! seems dangerous super heated fuel vapors etc. Fish is nothing like it.

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Grandpa's 1974 Dart Custom 4 door 225 auto, Aluminum Radiator, 1920 Holley.

[quote="MichaelS"

I looked up the Poque and it is wierd! seems dangerous super heated fuel vapors etc. Fish is nothing like it.[/quote]

Smokey Yunick played with that super heated fuel thing. (I think) I need to buy a copy of the book he wrote.

"Best Damn Garage in Town?"

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'72 Duster 198 stock cam, 3:23's Hookers on jack stands for 8 years in the driveway
'79 Maxivan 360 Offy Qjet Comp RV cam/rusting in the driveway.
93 D350 160HP Cummins Auto Dually Clubcab needs a injector pump
2005 Golden Couch Buick

Somthin' sounds Fishy.

Yup, you're thinking of his adiabatic engine. Read about it here and here.
Yep! Three volumes.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Three volumes? Like the same book but they removed the info on the MPG stuff?

I heard he sold his research to some company in Georgia and it hasn't ever resurfaced(?)

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'72 Duster 198 stock cam, 3:23's Hookers on jack stands for 8 years in the driveway
'79 Maxivan 360 Offy Qjet Comp RV cam/rusting in the driveway.
93 D350 160HP Cummins Auto Dually Clubcab needs a injector pump
2005 Golden Couch Buick

I ressurect thee to end thread hijacks! go now and educate the unwashed masses.

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72 dart acquired 12/08 /6,holley2b, mopar perf intake, mopar perf header, cam, built motor,904 finally re-installed, 8.75....still needs sorting out.
99 dakota 318 5 speed reg cab picked up 9/09; Trans finally fixed! woohoo!