Gettin the plans for the summer rebuild figured out and im pretty set on a thermoquad carb. I want something different and I think itd be pretty cool to get over 10 mpg in town (when im goin easy) and still have a monster when i want one. I have read up on them and theres an adapter plate you can buy from edelbrock but im wondering if this will affect performance in any way? If anyone has any experience with these carbs itd be great to get some input on them.
I read up on some thermoquad carburetors and found out that edelbrock makes some adapter plates so you can use them on stuff other than chrysler applications. From what I read these things can pretty much give you everything you need and still get decent mileage since the primaries arent all that huge its just when the secondaries kick in is when your gettin the power. Anyone have any insight on these carbs??
Alright I'm building a new engine for my '83 Bird. Right now its got a stock 302 with TBI. Thats going to go... I was originally planning on going to a 306 and maybe throwing a power adder on someday. Small turbo or a supercharger. But now I want to stick with straight muscle but do something different. Theres a lot of cool stuff out there and I wanna try some stuff either very few people do or some old school tricks no one does anymore. One thing I have found is these sweet hoods this company makes out of Florida. They make a bolt on hood with a 3 inch rise that follows the body lines and everything and then if you want you can buy a ram air kit that is pretty sweet. Heres a link: http://www.usbody.com/ find the thunderbird link of the left hand side and itll show you all the stuff they have. Some of it is pretty neat. Not just cool ideas like that but maybe some tricks when building the bottom end for a stronger/more reliable motor. Or an EFI system that wont cost an arm and a leg. Or a sweet tranny setup or something. Just any good ideas anyones ever been thinking of but never wanted to try just lay some out there and maybe give me some ideas to throw around. I'm wanting an engine thatll push 7000 rpm and maybe 400 horse. I really think a 306 would make me plenty happy and I see no need to drive a 347 to school and back every day. Itll be mostly a daily driver/street car seeing as the nearest track is close to 200 miles away but the occasional trip may happen. Thanks in advance for any ideas!
regardless of how practical that is, Thats one of the single most badass things ive seen on this forum. Takes a lot of time and thinking to get that done. Way cool good work man
