I had my Ebird teapots pro rebuilt including drilling out all of the passages. Chassis dyno tuned the car and drove it for 5 years no problem except tightened the screws couple of times. Changed to edelbrock 257 w/dual wcfbs and chassis dyno tuned in same shop. All that work, cost and loss of the excellent E air cleaner for 12 more HP bad trade. Point is those can be good carbs. Someday will reinstall the original E setup. Beware of old carbs throttle plate shaft bores air leaks which cause high idle. BTW even in this colder climate I toss choke plates off my performance engines and do not trust air cleaner size calculators, not even K/N. E model air cleaner element is mid 60s Pontiac 389.
"Point is those can be good carbs." True statement here. Ford won a lot of races with these carbs in 1955-57, especially in the F code series. Interesting on the increase of 12 hp with WCFB pair. I have never owned one of those carbs, but have heard others talk about the increase in HP if used. Air flow improvement maybe?
@@HotRodReverend Best I know wcfbs are about 80 cfm bigger each than teapots and figured the edelbrock would also be better so expected much more than the 12hp. The long tube headers alone gained 31hp/42tq. FYI the F set ups use Lincoln teapots which are bigger. Also I don't know how but the tuner could tell the Ford blower bonnet on my ranchero is a very good design. Just before he did my bird he chassis dyno tuned a super charged avanti and best he could get was 181 hp, the bird did 228 hp which is the same as the 2001 Bullitt mustang he dyno'd for me. The Bullitt is 260 lbs heavier than my bird and good for 13.8 quarter mile, my bird isn't because of the T85. BTW my cams are ground for best torque curve, not max HP so I left a lot of HP out and do not regret that decision. The avanti suffers pancake bonnet, bad exhaust manifolds and non performance cam. I've run several studebaker 289s and figured their power is like a yblock, really good running gear actually. The tuner did a lot of work on the ebirds teapots and wcfbs to solve bog, bigger accelerator pumps and gas circuits etc. I can go instant full throttle with either setup.... at operating temperature.
Rufus and skipper are going to enjoy this video!
I had my Ebird teapots pro rebuilt including drilling out all of the passages. Chassis dyno tuned the car and drove it for 5 years no problem except tightened the screws couple of times. Changed to edelbrock 257 w/dual wcfbs and chassis dyno tuned in same shop. All that work, cost and loss of the excellent E air cleaner for 12 more HP bad trade. Point is those can be good carbs. Someday will reinstall the original E setup. Beware of old carbs throttle plate shaft bores air leaks which cause high idle. BTW even in this colder climate I toss choke plates off my performance engines and do not trust air cleaner size calculators, not even K/N. E model air cleaner element is mid 60s Pontiac 389.
"Point is those can be good carbs." True statement here. Ford won a lot of races with these carbs in 1955-57, especially in the F code series. Interesting on the increase of 12 hp with WCFB pair. I have never owned one of those carbs, but have heard others talk about the increase in HP if used. Air flow improvement maybe?
@@HotRodReverend Best I know wcfbs are about 80 cfm bigger each than teapots and figured the edelbrock would also be better so expected much more than the 12hp. The long tube headers alone gained 31hp/42tq. FYI the F set ups use Lincoln teapots which are bigger. Also I don't know how but the tuner could tell the Ford blower bonnet on my ranchero is a very good design.
Just before he did my bird he chassis dyno tuned a super charged avanti and best he could get was 181 hp, the bird did 228 hp which is the same as the 2001 Bullitt mustang he dyno'd for me. The Bullitt is 260 lbs heavier than my bird and good for 13.8 quarter mile, my bird isn't because of the T85. BTW my cams are ground for best torque curve, not max HP so I left a lot of HP out and do not regret that decision.
The avanti suffers pancake bonnet, bad exhaust manifolds and non performance cam. I've run several studebaker 289s and figured their power is like a yblock, really good running gear actually.
The tuner did a lot of work on the ebirds teapots and wcfbs to solve bog, bigger accelerator pumps and gas circuits etc. I can go instant full throttle with either setup.... at operating temperature.
Looks like the perfect car for an LS transplant!! No more pesky leaky carburetor to worry about and just imagine how it would run.