Thanks, Lou!It looks like the "white cast" appellation got created to differentiate the zinc (white cast) carb from the aluminum 4-barrel carb, after the introduction of the AFB carb.Funny that that article discussed the limited cfm of the WCFB carb, but did not mention its main drawback: the washing-out of its fuel bowl(s) during sharp, left-hand up-hill turning movements. Neil Vedder email4lou@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Excerpt from * How to Rebuild and Modify Carter/Edelbrock Carburetors *by Dave Emanuelhttp://www.mre-books.com/sa130/index.html * * *The Four-Barrel Era* Through the 1940s, life was good for the Carter Carburetor Company. It continued to supply original equipment carburetors, but the introduction of mass-produced eight-cylinder engines created a need for fuel and air handling capacity that exceeded the capacity of a one-barrel carburetor. To answer the demand, Carter introduced the BBD two-barrel, which made its debut beneath the hood of a DeSoto, a Chrysler Corporation brand that was discontinued in November 1960. This efficient carburetor, albeit with significant changes, was produced until the early 1980s. The second and more important event—one that inexorably changed the history of the carburetor—was the introduction of the world’s first four-barrel. This original design, called the WCFB (for Will Carter Four Barrel ), appeared atop the aging, Buick straight-eight engine.Wayne Graefen wrote: > There are multiple definitions of WCFB and I don't know that anywhere > in Carter literature was any one ever said to be the only one nor was > any other ever said to be wrong. > > I personally favor "William Carter Four Barrel" (after the founder of > the company)but many people prefer "White Cast Four Barrel" (after the > metal of the majority of the metal parts) and "Wrought Cast Four > Barrel" was new to me upon seeing it on the list this morning. > > There were 21 of the 300D EFI cars built according to factory > records. Thirty five has always been the total number of '58 Mopars > discussed and rumored as having been built so that leaves 14 amongst > DeSoto, Dodge and Plymouth as there definitely were no Imperials. > > Wayne G > > ************************************************************* > > To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to > http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 <http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1> > <http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1> <http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1%3E> > ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 <http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1> ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go tohttp://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 <http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1> ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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