Need help with carb.

[jimvette59]

I have a question. What small 4 barrel carb. will fit a Edmumds 4 barrel 48 / 53 ford Flathead intake? I don't want to use a adapter for a newer carb. or multiple carbs. Thanks for your help. Jim.T.

[big duece]

Maybe look at the small aluminum base wcfb's, found on some buicks or 50's fords.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/55-BUICK-SUP...#ht_500wt_1180
check this one out...

[Jimmy2car]

I use Ford Holley 4 bbl carbs from a 56 Ford. I have one on my 39 Coupe with an adapter and I run 2 of them on my 32 with a true 2 X 4 manifold

[jimvette59]

Big Deuce that looks like a winner. Thanks I did look at a number of carburetors and that is what I thought. Jim.T.

[tommy]

The Flathead 4bbl intake that I had took an early 50s Oldsmobile 4bbl carb. I can't recite the part # I ended up with dual 97s. The 4bbl intake was around pretty early and the carbs that they were designed to use had to be readily available in order to sell them.



This is a 55 catalog.

[R Pope]

Either a Carter WCFB or a Rochester off a 283 or 265 will fit. Don't use a Holley "tea pot", AKA a towering inferno! Terrible POS.

[carbking]

In alphabetical order:

Carter WCFB 1952 - 1955-56
Holley 2140 1953 - 1954
Holley 4000 1954 - 1956
Rochester 4GC 1952 - 1955-56
Stromberg 4A 1952 -1954

(Opinion) of the above, the Strombergs are probably the most technologically advanced, while the Carters are the easiest to modify.

All are good carburetors for the time period. As far as the "towering inferno" comment in the previous post: I rebuilt my first Holley 4000 as a 15 year-old (my very first carburetor), and drove the car for more than 200,000 trouble-free miles (well, like with any Holley, the car REALLY liked to stop at filling stations!).

Edit: the reason for the double ending year on the Carter and Rochester models is that the flange footprint change was not done overnight, rather over a period of many years. The Holley 2140-SG (truck) used the same footprint well into the 1970's.

Jon.

[jimvette59]

Thank you CARBKING JON. That is about the best info a guy can get. I like to rebuild carburetors so I will try to find and rebuild a Stromberg. I say again this site is like going to a club meeting every day. Thanks again. jim.t.

[porknbeaner]

Originally Posted by R Pope

Either a Carter WCFB or a Rochester off a 283 or 265 will fit. Don't use a Holley "tea pot", AKA a towering inferno! Terrible POS.

How many have you owned and used or are you just being a parrot. I raced them on my first 2x4 and up in shape they were not a problem at all.

[carbking]

Originally Posted by jimvette59

Thank you CARBKING JON. That is about the best info a guy can get. I like to rebuild carburetors so I will try to find and rebuild a Stromberg. I say again this site is like going to a club meeting every day. Thanks again. jim.t.

There is one that was listed today on this site.

Jon.