rlucky73721 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 hi, i want to do an engine swap on my 74 vega and i found this engine out of a jada i didnt want any longer. my question is what type of carburators are those? are they real or just fictional? it only matter cause i dont want fake parts on this car. also, i wanted to do some searching but i have no idea what these are called or where to find info on them. i was on google for hours trying to mix and match key words but i have nothing to show for it. the car is a masito so its kinda to scale 1/24 that will recieve this engine. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 They LOOK like Webber Side Draft Carbs, The kind of intake manifold that they ran on the Corvette SS models at Sebring back inthe 60's. I'm sure the guys'll know for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlucky73721 Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) They LOOK like Webber Side Draft Carbs, The kind of intake manifold that they ran on the Corvette SS models at Sebring back inthe 60's. I'm sure the guys'll know for sure! awesome, thanks! ill do a search on Webber Side Draft Carbs hmm, did some research and i see older then the muscle car era cars and even old toyotas. would this application make sense for a 67-present after market power adder? thanks Edited March 9, 2009 by rlucky73721 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Weber hit my brain soon as I saw them, but what a funky arrangement. Webers are pretty much old school sports cars and equate in Europe to having a pile of Holly 4-barrels on your manifold here. What kind of car was this on? It IS a cool looking setup. Would be cool on a rod. A 74 Vega with 4 sleeping Webers could be cool too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 CLICK HERE The Accurate Miniatures 'Vette kits have that setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 CLICK HERE The Accurate Miniatures 'Vette kits have that setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlucky73721 Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 thanks for the link Casey! and the engine was pulled out of a 1970 olds 442 and here is a pic of the vega i want to put it in. yeah its die cast, but i cant wait to show off my 69 copo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGary Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 The side draft Webers shown in your pictures were used on a variety of V-8 engines in this configuration. The end of the carb opening should be flared like the velocity stack on a mechancal fuel injection setup such as Hilborn. The advantage is one carb ventury supplying each cylinder. The advantage of the side draft configuration is the hood clearance issue. Down draft Webers were used on Corvettes, Cobras, Shelby Mustangs, and others. What you see are actually 4 carbs. The venturis are paired into one carb with the float bowls, etc. in the middle. This arrangement worked very well for road racing applications. The purple and silver thing the carbs are sitting on look like the cylinder heads for some kind of overhead cam V-8 engine. What kind, I couldn't tell you. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randx0 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 CLICK HERE The Accurate Miniatures 'Vette kits have that setup. the revell 67 custom vette (red and white box art ) also has this setup . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlucky73721 Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scummy Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 G,day , they are 45 DCOE weber carbs used mainly on english cars and some A9X racing holden toranas in the 70's here in australia . Cheer's , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW Dave Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 After a quick Google image search for 'side draft weber manifold,' Here's a pic of a complete setup I borrowed from www.mooneyesusa.com: As they are one of the best-known vendors of Weber carbs and related stuff, www.inglese.com has a lot of good DCOE reference pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helipilot16 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Olds built a prototype overhead cam engine using their big block, but never produced it. That's probably what your engine is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Marcus, I think that's a generic engine. The one your refering to is on the cover of Hi-Perfomance Cars,July,1971 issue. I'm lookin at it right now, and it's got 4 vertically mounted Webers, with 3 crankcase breather tubes, between the carbs,in the valley cover. It has 2 distinct cam covers over each bank of cylinders, and the cover blurb say's"455 Olds DOHC Street Hemi" The engine that rluck is showin doesn't look ANYTHING like this monster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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