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Old November 12th, 2008, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by citcapp
........ Us Old guys have been calling it tri-power since the flat head days ........



Flatheads were pretty much over, by '57, when Pontiac invented it. Seems like all the "wannabes" (you know, the same ones who know about the 442 CI/442 HP Oldsmobiles) started calling 3 Holleys, on on an Edelbrock manifold, "Tri-Power" to make themselves sound "cool".

Originally Posted by citcapp
........ when it was three single barrel ........



They had 2 barrel carbs. Most commonly called 3 pots, 3 carbs, or 3 carb manifold.

Originally Posted by citcapp
........ I will now call it Tri-Carb ........
Tri-Carb referred to L69 only, just as J-2 was '57-'58 Olds only and Mopar was called "Six-Pack".

Made a Lot more sense than Ford's "6 barrel carburetor".

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