| Re: Anyone got experience with side draft carbs? |
Subject: Re: Anyone got experience with side draft carbs? by bogus on 2009/2/1 7:08:55 side drafts on a V8 raise all sorts of air intake plumbing issues... I don't see how they are going to be relocated. The only side drafts I have ever worked with are SU's... they do perform well. You see, the upside to side drafts are their direct aim into the combustion chamber. But that is best for inline engines... the engine that had the SU's was a Jaguar XK-6. IIRC, the Mikuni's are pretty much clones of Webers. First off, you need some big ass carbs to run a 383. I would suggest no less than the equivalent of a Weber 40. The air flow of the 4 bbl conversion sucks... No matter how they are made, the end result still sucks. You need a down draft setup. Much like the AC Cobra setup. These guys sell them: redlineweber.com Also, as a photo example, the Ferrari 308:  Or, the Cobra 289 (this is the best pic I found, it is a scale model, but it gets the point across):  The neat thing with the downdrafts, you can easily get/make an airbox that will draw in cool air. The neat thing about Webers is how they are set up... they would sell you a jet blank and a set of cool little drill bits. You start with the smallest logical bit and drill... once you get the right jet size, order accordingly. |
