Re: [Chrysler300] Old Carbs

[Gary Barker <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a Black plastic adapter on the market made by Mister Gasket 
that should take care of the Air Cleaner problem  they sell for around  
$ 5.00-$ 7.00 .     Gary Barker

Lee Meyer wrote:

>The new edelbrock carbs can be made to work sweet without too much
>hassle. The biggest problem is the air cleaners wont fit because of the
>larger edelbrock carb throat size. You will have to make new air cleaner
>bases with the proper hole size, once installed you would not be able to
>see the new base really anyway. There is a guy out there making
>fiberglas repro ram air cleaners and he makes bases to fit the new carbs
>as well. I believe his name was mike something and he was on the west
>coast from what I remember. The linkage can be adapted easily if you are
>a fairly mechanical guy.
>Lee in San Diego
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Ray Lepore
>Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:23 AM
>To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Chrysler300] Old Carbs
>
>Hi, I'm sick and tired of working on the 41 year
>old carbs on my 1964 300K crossram, and was wondering
>if anyone has swapped new Edelbrock (AFB) carbs for the
>stock ones. It looks like the EDL 1404 500 cfm, manual
>choke would be the carbs.
>What I would like to know from anyone that has done the
>swap is did they have any problems adapting the linkage
>to the new carbs?
>I understand that many of the group members belive that
>the cars have to stay original, but because of these carbs
>I'm going to miss the spring meet this year. To have the
>stock carbs rebuild by a Pro carb shop would cost almost
>$600.00 the Edelbrock's are a little over $400.00 for brand
>new.
>Thank you,
>    Ray
>
>
>
>
>
>To send a message to this group, send an email to:
>Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>For list server instructions, go to
>http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>To send a message to this group, send an email to:
>Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>For list server instructions, go to 
>http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>    * To visit your group on the web, go to:
>      http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/
>       
>    * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>      Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>      <mailto:Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Unsubscribe>
>       
>    * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
>      <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. 
>
>
>  
>


------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
Help save the life of a child.  Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's
'Thanks & Giving.'
http://us.click.yahoo.com/6iY7fA/5WnJAA/Y3ZIAA/8LmulB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

To send a message to this group, send an email to:
Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/