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Technical What the heck are these weird carburetors?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Hitchhiker, Mar 20, 2018.

  1. I've got these old carbs I'm trying to identify. They just say "floatless" and "patent pending" no other identifing marks.

    Any ideas? 20180320_115203.jpg 20180320_115237.jpg 20180320_115246.jpg
     
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  4. Most floatless carburetors were used on aircraft. Without a patent number it would be hard to trace.
    The ones I have seen were big and bulky.
     
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  6. Dreddybear
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    Hit the link in my previous post y'all :)
     
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  7. Deuces
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    Your gonna need 6 more for a kool setup....
     
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    Maybe Wall phillips fuel injectors.
     
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    I thought post 2 and 3 explained what and where very well.
     
  10. zzford
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    I think those are the famed "PHISH" carburetors. They got over 650 mpg mileage but the big oil companies bought up the rights to produce them. Soon after, the designer, one Fillipp Phish, disappeared forever. Rumors say he died in a cell in Area 51.
     
  11. My lawnmower has a floatless carb (small f) :rolleyes:. But of course designed super simple to function at one basic level. It would be interesting to get more info about how the automobile variety performed, or in this case, will perform.
     
  12. S+S carbs for Harley Davidson's have no float. Had one on an old "Sportster" that worked great!
     
  13. Interesting. Thanks @Dreddybear.

    I wonder how they perform?
     
  14. 34Phil
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    Brand name, not a description upload_2018-3-20_18-13-27.png
     
  15. just for fun, they were made here: Screen Shot 2018-03-20 at 6.23.30 PM.png
     
  16. Beanscoot
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    I assume that building didn't always look that hideous.
     
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  17. 34Phil
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    That is pure art deco
     
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  18. carbking
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    Apparently, sometime between 1915 and 1922, Floatless moved to Lexington, KY.

    Jon
     
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