Yeah i debated about buying it used,but the guy i got it from is a pretty honest guy and said it had actually only been ran on a motor for around 500 miles,but it sat on the shelf for over 8 years,besides i got the carb for $50 so it was a pretty good deal,even with the rebuild kit,metering block,and floats,i only have just a little over $100 in it,and it's now basically a new carb,so it worked out good.

 

I did the intake swap today. Still need to get the linkage fitted, and all the lines connected, and of course tune it to the engine. It looks great, but now I'm having 2nd thoughts about whether I'll cut a hole in the hood for the hilborn scoop. I may end up just putting two small air cleaners on the carbs and leaving it under the hood.
Either way I'll wait until I get all the bugs worked out and then decide what to do.

 

i was unaware you were running dual carbs on the austin lol, looks nice

 

I vote for the Hilborn. Does it fir under the hood too?

 

[QUOTE=77nomad;487362]I vote for the Hilborn.

+1, looks sweet with the scoop!

 

I wasn't until yesterday, but I've had the setup for some time and always planned to run it. Just wanted to run the original that came on the engine first so I'd have a comparison. The Eddy carb on the old setup was having "issues". It was really running rich, and I'm guessing the float needle was not closing, or some other cause for flooding. Ran good, but at idle it was super rich, and lots of raw gas being dumped out the exhaust.
Damon, the Hilborn wont quite clear the hood in the front. I have two 1.5" polished aluminum spacers that I'm going to put on top the carbs to get it higher through the hood. I figure if it wont clear, then it needs to get up higher so it's really sucking fresh air. The spacers will bring about 2" of the front through, but the rear will still be just below hood surface. I like the looks of a scoop kinda peeking through more than sticking way up through the hood.

 

I couldn't agree more.

 

well its goin on the 350 for now i havent built the 383 yet i ran into some problems thanks to my black out taillights 500 dollars worth of problems but im pickin up piece by peice to make the most of that crate motor i wanna see its potential with out changin the cam or heads and my cam is the one that came in the crate motor ive been told gmpp runs crane cams and its about a 400 somethin lift its a bit choppy but my converter now aint enough and its jumpin on the brakes and aint got enough vacuum so ill just get the 3500

 

Later tonight I'm having a friend come over whose a mechanic, take a look at why my throttle box hose isnt holding on the intake box.. hopefully he'll be able to fix it so i can run the car. good job on the swap

 

today, i looked at the 4 degree temp and said i can wait for the 22 degree weather tomorrow to do anything to it