Anyone got a tri-power smallblock?
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
Anyone got a tri-power smallblock?
Anyone running a 3 deuce on a small block? You got pictures? Info? Pros and cons? How easy was it to set up? Your top end combo?
I would love to do this set up, but I feel like I cannot find any information on it. Vintagespeed.com offers them packaged up, but absolutely no information about the systems requirements or outputs.
Where are you 3-deucers?
I would love to do this set up, but I feel like I cannot find any information on it. Vintagespeed.com offers them packaged up, but absolutely no information about the systems requirements or outputs.
Where are you 3-deucers?
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
ya, on all the searches I've done, I think I've seen his set up in every single thread. He sounds like he really complicated the issue, at least for me. He made personal modifications whereas I'm looking for something thats as close to off-the-shelf as possible.
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '12
barry grant has a very nice set up unless you are wanting to stay closer to original style. i would also love to go with a 3 duce set up but have not done it because i am afraid of having to mess with them all the time. i dont really know enough about them to know for sure if they would be all that bad to have. maybe this thread will shed some light on this.
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
i would also love to go with a 3 duce set up but have not done it because i am afraid of having to mess with them all the time. i dont really know enough about them to know for sure if they would be all that bad to have. maybe this thread will shed some light on this.
Burning Brakes
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Running multi carbs and having to fuss with them all the time is folklore indeed . I run a multi carb setup on my 82 and have not touched it in years .There are good setups available and good linkage is the key to satisfactory operation .
gman
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
thanks gman. Do you have a picture of your set up? Where did you get it from? Also what cam/heads are you using?
Drifting
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barry grant has a very nice set up unless you are wanting to stay closer to original style. i would also love to go with a 3 duce set up but have not done it because i am afraid of having to mess with them all the time. i dont really know enough about them to know for sure if they would be all that bad to have. maybe this thread will shed some light on this.
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
I'm a fan of what Vintage Speed has. I like the old look of their set up, especially if I put a triangle air cleaner on it. I read an article once in Corvette Fever in the past few months about someone doing this in a C1, but I can't find the article anymore.
Burning Brakes
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BG set up
This month's Corvette Fever has a nice 62 with a SB BG set up. It uses three 250 cfm carbs. The dude has if fitted with a Tri-power air cleaner to clear the hood. It looks good.
carbster09
carbster09
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
Thats what I thought! What page is it on, because I've looked through like 10 times and can't find it anymore.
Drifting
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Since you aren't getting any responses I do know that Pace performance sells ( I think a ZZ4) with a tri power. They can probably help you with info on requirements and outputs. Some place to start anyways.
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
Thanks, I'm sure there are others on here though. I'll drag it out a few more days. I'd rather not bother a vendor for information when I'm not going to buy anything from them.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '05-'07
I had a Holley tri-power setup on my Dodge Super Bee. The only carb you adjusted was the center one. The two outer ones were just "cores" without any air-gas adjustments. I used the factory vacuum setup to operate them. With a 4.10 gear in 2nd gear at around 2500RPM I could floor it and you could actually FEEL the front and rear carbs snap open (it weas nearly instantaneous). . Like having an extra "passing gear". My friend had a 1961 Pontiac with factory tri-power using Rochester 2 bbls and mechanical lionkage. He had a 4.88 gear and the engine (a 389) seemed starved for air. I think the 3-Rochester cars is what was mainly used on the old tri-power aftermarket manifold. Or you might want to dig up the six deuces manifold, but they used Stromberg carbs and those are VERY scarce.
BTW....total CFM for my Dodge setup was 950.
Dep
BTW....total CFM for my Dodge setup was 950.
Dep
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '05-'07
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If you wanted to go a little further exotic route....there's a old Edelbrock X1 6x2 setup on racingjunk.com.The carbs need rebuilt.You don't have to run the Strombergs/97s,but they are easier to get to the jets.On my 94s you have to pull the carbs to change the jets which is a PITA w/all the linkage.The one advantage that I have is my Holley 94s are custom 2110s,and are made w/out the power valves.
I also, have a Mickey side by side intake for sale.......
Try a guy on the westcoast.....his website in vintakes.com.Very nice guy,and really into the multiple carb setups.
I also, have a Mickey side by side intake for sale.......
Try a guy on the westcoast.....his website in vintakes.com.Very nice guy,and really into the multiple carb setups.
Drifting
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I've been reading posts on this forum about tri power setups for a while now, these are hotrods and not Corvettes but lots of good technical stuff.
If you want some good reading do a search on Barry Grant or Six Shooter, you'll get an evenings worth of reading!
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/engine/
Another spot:
http://www.vintagespeed.com/
If you want some good reading do a search on Barry Grant or Six Shooter, you'll get an evenings worth of reading!
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/engine/
Another spot:
http://www.vintagespeed.com/
Last edited by TopGunn; Jul 18, 2008 at 09:37 PM.
