3 FLATHEAD FORD CARBS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT! 

Love this channel. I'm over in the UK. I'm restoring a 1942 Universal Bren Gun Carrier which I imported from Canada. I spent x2yrs restoring the engine, sourcing parts from around the world. When I found it it was just a block & x2 cyl heads. The carburettor was a very rare Governed Zenith. Being around 80 years old it was structurally worn out. When I ran my smoke machine through it there was smoke coming out of just about everywhere! It took quite a while to build the shafts to a serviceable condition & replace all the tiny ball bearings which support each end of the mechanism. Eventually I completed the task which included mechanically disabling the governor which provided instant throttle response. Very happy with the end results. The vehicle restoration continues. Keep up the great content. Regards from the UK

I've just returned to the Hotrod scene after selling my '35 5 Window Ford back in '72. I was very pleased to have discovered the extent of the development in the Hotrod/Vintage parts distribution industry. I was also very fortunate to have had a very bad introduction to two of the dominant Hotrod/Vintage parts dealers which resulted in my completely eliminating them from my 'phone book' - thus, saving myself significant aggravation over the last two and a half years !

I got the Speedway carb 3 years ago and it's working great on my stock 49 8BA.

It doesn't matter which one of these "replica" or original carburetors you use...they will ALL percolate with the ethanol fuels and even with non ethanol fuels. I remedied my issue with the proper regulator and a return line. It's eliminated ALL my leaking issues...even on the hottest of days!! Love your stuff man...keep it up!

Just got a 1953 Ford custom line and started following the flat spot. You are very informative and helpful. Thanks

The problems with h the repros from China remind me of the "rebuilt" Rochester B carbs I put on my Chevy Stovebolt. The floats on both were way too low, they both had doubled up airhorn gaskets, one of them had the wrong accelerator pump plunger the other had a float that became loaded.

Great video. My 8BA works quite well with the original Holley 94 I rebuilt, and using the stock vacuum advance system. You are right they are not easy to rebuild. I had to do mine twice and actually remove the passage plugs and run a drill bit through the passages by hand in order to get the accelerator pump working. I intend to switch to a Teapot off of a 52 Merc and eventually a 2140 Holley 4V and an original Offenhauser manifold. As you can tell I am a sucker for punishment. 😉 It has been my experience that the old Strombergs leak badly and are almost impossible to tune correctly but I haven't tried the new ones.

Would a holley 2300 or autolite 2100 be a good alternative? It would require adapters, but would it be too much carb? Only reason I ask is because I have a reman auto lite 2100 from holley on the shelf. At some point I may go to sniper 2300. Thanks for the videos.

Never start your stromberg powered car with the hood shut. I run two cars with 2x4 intakes and I always have that one carb that like to stick and puke fuel out. Don’t want to think about what could happen so always play it safe. Also running a efire dizzy and it’s a high quality piece

My Flat 6 has a vintage Fish carb. Works great. Chances are you won't find one though.

Stay away from the cheap Amazon Chinese carburetors. I work in the power equipment repair business and customers try to save money by ordering and installing cheap Chinese junk. Nine out of ten times, these things are faulty , leaking gas all over. A new OEM carburetor solves the issue.

I have a three carb setup from Vintage Speed with their 97s, the two secondary carbs flood and leak….why?

Ok so what do you recommend for the 337 found in the 51 Lincoln?

Ok. So it takes a downdraft carburetor. Why are y’all stuck with the one style of carb? No intakes that take a normal 2 barrel Holley or Edlebrock or something plentiful and cheap? Junkyards are still full of old carburetors but you’re acting like there a right way and a wrong way to patchwork a jelopy back into the road. I grew up seeing horrors and rat rods and rat rods were all about using what was cheap and available to make something cool, hot rods were about driving way faster than the damn thing and most often the driver could handle.