Up for bidding for the Y-Block fans.
Not mine,just saved in a search.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171661946077?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true
I'll bet Jay is drooling over the air cleaner.
Did you see the NOS one that was listed last week and included the valley cover?
Yes Jim,I think Jay needs one.
No,I did not see the unit last week.I would never use those carbs for anything other than wind chimes.They don't call them flaming Tea pots for nothing! hahahha
OMG !
I think Jay and me will have to split the setup, so he gets his cleaner and I get the carbs/intake :003:
It'll be interesting where this ends up...it went from just over 5 to 676 in 3 or 4 hours, with 6 days left to go.
Oh,About $2500-$3500 maybe,That is my guess.Maybe higher.
Yeah, that will go up close to mid 4 figures...nice.
Nice looking Set-up. I love those factory air cleaners. It will need some work, and the wrong fuel filter, but those correct carbs are hard to find.
I hope it ends up back on a '57 Ford someday.
It off ebay now. Which one of us made a deal on it? I'd love to know what it ends up on.
It is amazing how things like that just seem to jump out of the woodwork. Stuff is still out there.
I agree Jay.Still stuff out there!I sure did not get it Pat.
Quote from: suede57ford on 2015-01-30 17:38
Nice looking Set-up. I love those factory air cleaners. It will need some work, and the wrong fuel filter, but those correct carbs are hard to find.
Pat
I was just wondering..... Did you mean that the fuel filter on the Ecode setup that was on eBay is incorrect? I took this filter off of an E code 1957 Ford New York State Police car a long long long time ago. It is similar to the one on my 406 that I put into my 58 Ford except that the 406 has larger fuel lines than the 57. I was of the impression that some 57 filters look like a trash can and some like these.
I know that my carburetors on my Y block are incorrect . Just using what I have What's your opinion of the filters? Thank you Jay
Too bad that the E code Carbs were ended early. Would've loved to find out about their value.
Jay, what's with the dual heat shields for the spark plug wire connectors ? Did you custom make these or are these factory equipement? None of my 3 Y-blocks had these. I am aware of the usual factory wire hold down clamps/ fasteners.
The scallops on the 58 sure look great !
Quote from: djfordmanjack on 2015-02-01 13:24
Jay, what's with the dual heat shields for the spark plug wire connectors ? Did you custom make these or are these factory equipement? None of my 3 Y-blocks had these. I am aware of the usual factory wire hold down clamps/ fasteners.
Guenter.... YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE HEAT SHIELDS???
WOW!!! You don't miss anything.
They are original I'll find a set and send them to you. That will save you from my finding fault with your car at a car show in front of your friends when / if I come over there to see you. HAHAHA
Back in the mid 60's a friend of mine had a 57 E-code 2dr ht.
At some point drugs became more important to him than the car and he
sold me the intake set-up and a pair of T-Bird valve covers. Unfortunately
I didn't get the fuel filter.
At the time I was doing inventory control for the Holley carb co. distributor in
Wash, DC. so I ordered every single part still available for the carbs and did very through
rebuilds on them.
Ran that set-up on my first 57 Skyliner for about 3 yrs and never had any problems whatsoever.
Maybe old tired ones had problems but, fresh ones worked great for me.
My 312 at the time was .040 over, Isky RPM-300 cam and a Holley Roto-vance dual point dist.
and .040 milled off the heads.
Had some fun w/327 ch**s for yrs.
Ron.
Wow, that sounds like a hot engine ! What transmission did you use in the heavy Skyliner, Ron?
Jay, it'd be great to get these heat shields from you, we'll talk about that in email. they all got discarded on my engines during earlier rebuilds probably. all my engines had exhaust manifolds still on, none of them had the shields.
We'll take the Volkswagen or the Mercedes then or you will have to wait a year until my Wagon get's roadworthy :002:
No emberassment with my friends here, they are all car crazy or other lunatics anyways :003:
Had the med. duty Fordo and 3.89 rear. (clearance problems prevented using the h-d Lincoln unit w/the X frame).
Couldn't afford a 4.57 at the time so I ran D70x14's @ 37psi on the rear.
Had to service the trans every other month or so.
The car had so much weight on the back it wouldn't spin the tires.
Wish we would have had hi-stall converters back then.
Was a bear from a 10-20 mph roll too.
Ron.
Jay,
It seems like the Trash Can filter was what was originally used. Fords replacement for the Trash Can style was the ones like the 406/427's used. Some of the 427 type filters had larger fittings. Both types of filter use the same replaceable element inside. You can still buy the element at napa today as well as new f-code air filter elements.
I suppose back in the day, when they did a tune-up or service the Trash Can style got replaced with the smoother replacement style.
Some of the E-Code guys may know better.
I still have a complete E-Code passenger car set-up like in the auction. My carbs need some work as it seemed one booster was melted. I assume they had a carb fire and pulled them off. My first e-code manifold I ever bought was also off a car that caught on fire. One afternoon I noticed I had the bubble on my original style air filter that got browned from an apparent small fire on a hot day as well. No other damage I could see. Still ran fine.
I hear the key to keeping an E-code from catching fire, is to keep a good fresh kit in them. If the accelerator pump diaphragm goes bad, they can "lean pop" back through the carbs and start a fire. I had progressive linkage on E-code set-up. It was very reliable, smooth running, and got decent mileage. Street performance was good on a motor with an Isky 300 cam, mild port job, and headers.
Once I got into to the F-code style motors with superchargers, I have never been back to dual quads. Blower cars are so responsive, its hard to compare with a naturally aspirated set-up.
There is really good information on setting up a dual quad with tea-pots set-up on Ted Eaton's website. He really has them figured out.
Pat
Thanks for that information on the filters. You actually answered my second question before I asked it because I was wondering if they ran with progressive linkage. That's what I have on mine with the back one as the driving carburetor.
There was a Chxxx guy at a car cruise that told me that it should be running straight linkage or I would starve my front cylinders. I tried to tell him that the forward two barrels/venturis on the back carburetor are sort of centered on the engine with this Ford intake.
There aren't many 57 Fords around this area of Mass and I never get to see an unmolested E setup. I will check into that Ted Eaton site and try to learn something.
At this time of my life a real E air cleaner is out of my reach unless I get real lucky.
I know I'm way late on this reply but am a relatively new to the site. The correct E code fuel filter is the Garbage can. The one shown is the parts department replacement. Many garbage cans were crushed with pliers by gas station mechanics and they were also prone to corrosion. Repo garbage cans are available. Used or repos are around $300
I restored and drove an E-code retractable for years. Never had any problems but always carried a fire extinguisher just in case. I've always been under the impression that most carb fires on them were because of weak ignition. I am currently restoring an E convertible. I think I'll use a solid state system this time, all that shows is one extra wire. I have pictures of the retrac. I try to scan them and share. That set-up was correct. When I assemble the current one I post photos.
Progressive linkage on a dual 4 set up. Bad idea. He was right. The manifold was never designed to work that way. You'll still get terrible gas mileage and may damage the engine. Tom.
Tom
I did change them to straight linkage and kept them that way. It was run for just a short period of time with the progressive last year when I was setting the car up. Jay