Correct Intake Position

[Immortal Chips]

Hi guys, almost completed my 32 coupe. Just after an opinion on which way the intake is correct ( or visually better ) facing forward or backward ?

Thanks

[dwc43]

The intake is under the blower. You mean the carbs and stacks. The carbs fuel bowels face forward as in the top pic.

[Immortal Chips]

Yes sorry I meant stacks, thanks 

[oldnslow]

The carbs need to be facing forward , to get the linkage on the driver's side , but the stacks can go either way . Which way do you like ?

[DonW]

Hi Nick

If you want to catch insects and small birds, facing forwards! Facing backwards would probably pick up slightly higher pressure air which is a good thing - like a cowl hood scoop principle. I think backwards looks right - but as Robert says, which way do you prefer?

The car looks great anyway!

-Don.

[Muncie]

10 hours ago, dwc43 said:

The intake is under the blower. You mean the carbs and stacks. The carbs fuel bowels face forward as in the top pic.

agreed, the fuel bowls on the carbs need to be forward so the carb linkage can be connected - the stacks can be either way but as molded to the carbs, they need to face forward - a couple of quick cuts and they can be turned around.

That's a cool car and nicely done.

Edited January 3, 2018 by Muncie

[Ace-Garageguy]

The question of which way to face those old "frog mouth" scoops has been hotly debated for decades by "experts" and dwerbs who have never changed a spark plug.

Depending on several factors, including the design of the specific carbs and their placement in the airflow, either way MAY work, but having them facing forward can also play merry hell with tuning, and tends to collect bugs, rain, and grit.

For a model, the most important thing is to get the carbs with the float bowls and linkage oriented in the way they're designed to work in real life (as several people have already said).

As far as the scoops go, some cars will run fine with them facing forward, and some will run like crapp at speed, spit and pop, and even blow gas all over the windshield.

On a real car, USUALLY, facing the frog-mouth scoops to the rear works fine, facing them to the front SOMETIMES works fine.   

 

[Force]

1 hour ago, Muncie said:

agreed, the fuel bowls on the carbs need to be forward so the carb linkage can be connected - the stacks can be either way but as molded to the carbs, they need to face forward - a couple of quick cuts and they can be turned around.

That's a cool car and nicely done.

The placing of the linkage isn't that important as you can overcome that problem quite easily if it's on the wrong side.
Early Ford cars has the linkage on the passenger side, both on the 4 cylinder and the V8, same for the dual carb setup on the FE 427 as the Holley 4160 series carbs are mounted backwards so the distributor will fit, I can list more examples where the linkage not are on the drivers side but I stop here.

[espo]

Just go with picture number 2.

[High octane]

I've seen real cars and also photos of real cars with the stacks facing either way. You pick.

[Muncie]

3 hours ago, Force said:

The placing of the linkage isn't that important as you can overcome that problem quite easily if it's on the wrong side.
Early Ford cars has the linkage on the passenger side, both on the 4 cylinder and the V8, same for the dual carb setup on the FE 427 as the Holley 4160 series carbs are mounted backwards so the distributor will fit, I can list more examples where the linkage not are on the drivers side but I stop here.

it's not so much which side the linkage is on - some aftermarket tri-power linkage kits move the linkage to the opposite side of the carbs...  it's getting the linkage to pull the throttle open when the pedal is pushed.  That could be worked around, too.- but much easier to use the original carburetor orientation.  It's just a visual thing on a model...