Have the original carb with the tag and all and it would be nice to have it on the car. Will a new one help the engine run better/ get better mileage? This is a slightly bored mild cam 440 that will see only cruise duty.
Of course we would save the original.
If the car has 100K+ miles on it more than likely the original carb is wore out (throttle shaft bores) It can cause vacuum leaks. You can have 'em repaired but it's expensive. Buy new and save the original I say.
Hi,
I just joined the site, and was scanning through the forum to read a few posts when I ran across yours. I'm currently doing some restoration work on my R/T, and just restored my original AFB this summer. Part of that work was re-bushing the primary throttle bores. I purchased the correct reamer and bushing kit to do mine, and have a few bushings left over from that project. I'd be glad to re-bush your primaries if you wanted to send me the carburetor base. I'll do the work for a very nominal cost, as I only want to recover part of my cost on the re-bushing kit.
When I did mine, I completely disassembled everything, blasted the castings, and had all the components re-plated. I bought a new screw kit, re-bushed the primaries, and reassembled it with a new carb kit. It's perfect now, and should be as good or better than new. I can share my sources with you if you're interested. If you're interested in having the primaries re-bushed, or want any of my sources, hit me with a PM, and we can communicate off-line.
Cheers!
JD
Here's a couple of shots of my 4327S after I completed it. I thought it turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself:
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WOW! That looks awesome! Thinking about a little bigger carb but man that makes me wanna do the original!
Man, that looks like NOS now!
I know that after I rebuilt my six pack it still had problems! I think one of the major issues with old carburators is that any rubber pieces
can not handle the new gasoline (ethynol) and it eats the shiat out of them very quickly. I ended up buying new ones because the are engineered to handle the crap gas that we have. I have not had ANY problems with the new ones at all! Save the original one and go new! Just my opinion on this though.
TX67RT Wrote:Here's a couple of shots of my 4327S after I completed it. I thought it turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself:
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That is an awesome job. I was wondering if I/we could persuade you to write up how you did it and what suppliers you used. It would make a great addition to the tech articles. It would be very helpful to me...ahhh...others in the future. LOL
I know that if you have a six pack setup you can buy everything brand new through holley!
Metering plates, cams, jets, baseplates and so on. I bought everything! I actually bought doubles so
later on down the line I have them if I need them for my new carbs.