thats good that the paint and all looks deep, is he doing all the rest of the work himself??? if he is that is awesome

can i ask where it was painted?? from the looks of it they did very good, and im always excited to see someone with a good experience for stuff liek this. (im in the body shop buisness, so im just wonderin who is out there now adays doing full paints like that. since all the butcher shops have been closing (due to the economic situations) alot of the better shops have been slammed)

 

the more barrels.. the more problems... no matter how many barrels you have, you usually only use 2 for street driving... its tricky to get the secondaries to set where tey only open up when you get the throttle to a certain point, and to open up at jsut the right moment as to get the most power out of using only the two barrels and only open up when they need to be. 4 barrels are tricky enough to set up... i've done it, i know.

a 6 pack would be a 5 letter word that rhymes with witch to set up just right... even harder to rebuild.

and the original "6 pack" was a "3 deuce", 3 2 barrel carbureators, evne harder to tune right than a 6 pack.

dual 4 barrels is some power, but i don't think that engine, without a cam, rockers, larger valves, stroked, etc., does not have enough power to justify 2 4 barrels, ... and if it did, you are asking for trouble.. you'd really have to know you're way around a carbureator to tune that right. besides, it's just dumping too much gas on the engine anyway.

 

Duane, you do know the '56 & '57 Chevies has 2x4 set ups as factory options back then? A 265 V8 in the '56 and a 283 V8 in the '57. If they can handle a 2x4 set up a 440 sure can. The con/negative part of a 2x4 set up is the back cylinders generally run rich while the front cylinders usually run lean. Until the front carb comes in to play.





Personally I would like to use the 440 in it and build from there. I wouldn't want to be bothered with trying to make a modern engine work in that car. Screw all the computer controlledEPA bullsh*t.

A guy I know has a Viper V10 in his 1940s Desoto. The car was named Street Rod of the Year by Goodguys in about 2003 or maybe it was 2004? It get's a lot of attention when it shows up at cruise-ins or car shows even today. (welllllllllllllllll, not today. It's winter out)

(courtesy of Country Cruise web site)
http://www.countrycruiser.com/2007/mvc/473.jpg

 

Hmm lets give a large, heavy car that (I assume) will be driven on the street an obnoxious amount of power. Good idea! Lets see how long the car stays on the road, lol. I would build a mild 440 and drop it in. Nothing over the top. Spend some xtra time on the suspension/brakes so it will handle halfway decent (for a large car) so you can drive it fast without sh***ing yourself. Either that or make it entirely a G-machine. Modern engine, suspension and interior riding on big wide rubber and lower it a little bit. Hmm black cars make the best G- machines...

Anyway, it looks good. Cant wait to see it done.

 

yeah, i agree with matt... i mean, most peole dump all that power in a car for the occasional burnout and won't go over 80 on a bet...

RJ, i didn't know they did a dual quad setup on those cars.. i thought they jsut did 3 deuces on the '57 (about 10 mpg if you were lucky too!)

 

WTF??? I can`t believe what I`m reading. People on this forum actually suggesting that someone waterdown the performance of their car?

 

Better to water down the performance than run it off the road cause you cant control it. Or never drive it cause you cant afford the gas.

 

i wasn't suggesting water down the performance.. i was suggesting just let the car have its stock performance. i've never seen one of these guys with a ton of power use it for anything but the occasional burnout. heck i've seen some guys who were scared to even drive them (trailer queens)... i say just put a stock 440 under the hood and enjoy driving it.

 

wow what a cool car. i wish i cud have dat car

 

I had a nice, long post all typed up last night to go along with this thread.

I hit "OK" and got the ultra cool ERROR message meaning my reply was now G-O-N-E.

Wish I could remember some of it so I could try and repost it?