What kind of Carburetor is this?
October 7th, 2008, 06:21 AM
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What kind of Carburetor is this?
I saw this on an Ebay auction car. The car is nice but the carburetor got my attention. Can anyone tell me what it is? It looks like a backward facing side-draft to me.
October 7th, 2008, 07:22 AM
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That is a Rochester AA carb. 49-50 Olds and I'm pretty sure Cadillac used it too. They switched to the BB downdraft carb in 51, then in 1952 to Carter WGD for 2-barrel applications and Rochester 4GC for four barrels. A couple years in early 50s they used Carter WCFB four barrels on some engines.
October 7th, 2008, 09:19 AM
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That is one good looking carburetor. It must be a subjective thing because I bet most people would reply, "huh, good looking?". Are they any good? re-buildable? and finally, wouldn't a couple look good on a 455?
October 7th, 2008, 09:41 AM
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I think there were enough "issues" with them that they switched to downdraft carburetion. Then four-barrels came along and rendered them obsolete.
The NAOC guys seem to like them though. Probably more a restoration thing. Doubt they'd bolt to a "modern" (post-64) Olds engine.
The chrome aircleaner in the pic is aftermarket. These things had a huge aircleaner assembly that hung off to the side of the engine and had a duct running to the carb throat.
The NAOC guys seem to like them though. Probably more a restoration thing. Doubt they'd bolt to a "modern" (post-64) Olds engine.
The chrome aircleaner in the pic is aftermarket. These things had a huge aircleaner assembly that hung off to the side of the engine and had a duct running to the carb throat.
October 7th, 2008, 10:06 AM
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November 21st, 2008, 04:28 AM
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I was thinking about that once and thought that a person could get the repro ones for the chevys and use the cable dressing covers at least. You could weld a nut onto the top of the cover in the correct location and then just bolt them on. The dimensions may not be spot on but it would be a start.
November 21st, 2008, 05:44 AM
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You could weld a nut onto the top of the cover in the correct location and then just bolt them on.
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