I got to thinking, has anyone ever had a triple one barrel setup on there slant six. At first I was thinking of a six pack but I figured that would be over kill, and it wouldn't help economy over a Holley 390 CFM. If I made a manifold out of sheet metal, I could have three Holley 1920's with the center as the primary and at 50-75% throttle the outer two carbs would kick in as secondaries. The CFM ratings show benitfits.
Holley 1920: 131 CFM @ 1.5 H.G. (That would be the primary carb.)
Holley 390 CFM: 195 CFM @ 1.5 H.G. (For the Primary.)
Holley 1920: 393 CFM @1.5 H.G. @WOT (131 X three carbs.)
Holley 390 CFM: 390 CFM @1.5 H.G. @WOT (195 Primary + 195 Secondary.)
So as you can see, a Holley 1920 flows 64 CFM less then the Holley 390 CFM carb (in other words, better fuel economy at cruising speeds). And when a WOT, the three Holley 1920's flow 3 CFM better than the Holley 390 CFM at WOT (big deal). It looks good on paper, but as we all know what looks good on paper doesn't always do good when it's no longer on paper.
What do y'all think, is it a good Idea or what?
Forgot to mention the Slant Six in question belongs to a 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger that is a daily driver. I know that a bang for the buck mod would be some Head work, and I also know that carbeuration and exhaust mods don't do much for a stock engine. I'm looking into some extensive head work or the Doctor's aftermarket head if he finds a way to make it happen by the time I have the money. I'm just looking for something cheaper to give my performance addiction a fix 
while I save up.
) but at the same time I'd like to Major Tuba and Minor Percussion and be a band director. The thing that holds me back from an automotive career is the fact that these day's things are packed so tight under the hood, its amazing. The problem with the musical route is that N.C.'s economy sucks right now and band directors are not in demand at all. One thing that helps my enginuity is the fact that I take Humanities classes (classes for those that are smarter than Honors class kids), the other benitfit to those classes is the fact that they look darn good on a college application. Luckily I'm a sophomore so I still have a little time left to choose my calling, I'd like to do both but that's $$$ that neither me or my parents have. My band director told me that lenoir ryne College would pay $30,000 in scholarships if I played tuba for them 
. And then after that I could use grants and scholarships to continue my education in Automotive. I just have to see how the future unfolds. I know one thing for sure, I'm not saving money for college. I'd much rather restore my 70' Dart Swinger :d . I've done plenty of research, in fact I learned almost 75% of my knowledge on how engines work just by reading miscellaneous internet articles and by reading mopar magazines. I've learned about 20% of the rest of the knowledge from my old man (a fellow mopar nut) and the remaining 5% was things I didn't already know by the time I took Auto. Tech. 1. But of course, there's always more research to do right? I thank my Dad for planting the mopar seed when he bought the Dart in '03. When I was in 4th grade (age 10 I think) he promised it to me as a high school graduation gift, so he'll be a little bit sad to see me graduate 
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