Re: intake

[Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jacob,

I'm by no means an expert mechanic, so take my advice with a grain of
salt; maybe there's better smarter ways.

That being said, here are some things I learned replacing my 2 barrel
with a 4 barrel.
The car is a 63 Polara 500 with a 383.  I swapped in a 65 Carter AFB.
While I was at it, I replaced the sending unit, fuel lines and fuel
pump all with 3/8 stainless instead of 5/16. But that's not necessary.

1. The choke thermostat was different.  The 4 barrel requires a
'flatter' cover to clear the carburetor linkage.  Correct thermostats were crazy
expensive.  I found that a 70-71 thermostat for a 440 six-pack setup
works perfectly and can be had on Ebay for $45.

2. I used a correct 63 intake.  Sand blasted in and painted it; no
problem; looks great.
Make sure the runners are super clean.

3. The "U" bracket that holds the accelerator cable and kick-down rod
wasn't right, but by bending it a little, I was able to get it to
work.

4. Needed new fuel lines to the pump.  The 2 barrel and 4 barrel have the inlet
positioned differently.  BTW, Inline Tube's main line was absolutely
perfect; dead on
match for the original.  When  installing, start by the engine and
work toward the back.
The trickiest bends are where the line goes through the firewall and
it takes some finagling.
Also, they didn't have a stock pattern for the pump to carb line for a 4
barrel with an in-line filter.  The stock pump to filter in line was
fine, but they didn't have one from the filter out to the carb.  I
bent up what I needed from a piece of curtain rod and sent it to them
and they replicated it perfectly without any extra charges.  Maybe
they still have the
pattern from mine if you ask.

5. You're going to be surprised when you pull the intake.  There's two
silver foil 'pads'
underneath.  These were tappet silencers or valley pan silencers.  You
can get them below:
http://www.billrolikenterprises.com/proddetail.asp?prod=1879747-P

6. If you pull the valve covers and want to replace the gaskets, make
sure you get the right
hole pattern.  There's two different flavors.

I have a bunch of pictures of the original 2 barrel as I was taking it
apart.  I'll post some new
pictures of the 4 barrel as it is today and you can compare them.
https://picasaweb.google.com/115013310552314897903/63Polara500

Hope this helps.

- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
'63 Polara 500 (383)
'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
'71 Bronco

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Ollie <satellite1965@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Go with Lokar linkage..can use on both carb and kickdown. U can use it on
> stock or aftermarket stuff. There is stuff cheaper than Lokar too. Nothing
> to clean up an intake. You can port it some by hand too. Later you can buy u
> a nicer intake and use same carb and linkage.
> Ollie
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jacob Fox
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:05 PM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: intake
>
> Well there's no swap meets around here. I figured it'd be easier to find the
> parts I need for the linkage adapters and stuff too. Plus I would have to do
> rebuilds, no idea how to do one on a carb. I saw a 383 4 bbl intake on eBay
> for 50 bucks but it's super nasty. Found a carb too, it's a Carter, needs a
> rebuild for 160.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 13, 2011, at 1:55 PM, "Gary H." <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Why have you decided to go aftermarket? A factory 383 4bbl is often
>> available at swap meets for under $50.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gary H.
>>
>>> -------Original Message-------
>>> would this be more than i want for my car? Its just a stock 383,
>>> everythings stock....just wanna go with 4 barrel carb.
>>
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