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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #150 on: February 18, 2019, 12:31:20 AM »
Is this were we poke fun at Drew for needed an intervention for an addiction??  ::)

WOW. That’s a lot of carbs. They look great too.
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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #151 on: February 18, 2019, 07:51:42 PM »
I don't have the problem, you have the problem......  :P

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #152 on: February 19, 2019, 12:08:59 AM »
Drew: if I read my screen correctly about 24 carbs per level and at 3 levels, around 72 carbs? How many more are you hiding in plain sight?
My madness' are  FE Valve covers and after market Distributors. Seems like Jay B's are any thing he can dream up !!!!
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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #153 on: February 19, 2019, 08:46:22 AM »
Yeah, I still have all the 2v, and the intake/carb combos. I’m just trying to organize and make inventory easier.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #154 on: February 19, 2019, 12:53:19 PM »
Ok, I was going to show a table with a few of my carbs, but NOW, you win!  I had one table covered, but not THREE racks.  LOL  I thought maybe I was addicted, but you got me beat three times over.  Joe-JDC
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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #155 on: February 19, 2019, 01:22:39 PM »
So uhhhh got any for sale Joe :P  (just kidding, I'm broke)

The bottom rack are just 1850-1's for 2x4 usage
Second rack are vintage double pumpers on one side and 750VS on the other.
Top rack are Ford specific carbs, Shelby/CJ/GT stuff on one side and center squirters on the other.

I've got probably 20 carbs taken apart and cleaned in boxes, and about as many customer carbs in process.
I also have 4-5 complete intake/carb setups.  I had intended to make available full drop in intake/carb/fuel log/linkage/air cleaner assemblies.  Just haven't had the time really.

Back to tech info, my plating tank finally took a dump.  Can't get any useful plating out of it, so I've been chromating all the customer stuff and waiting for some new chems to show up.
Really frustration to have 14 carbs ready to go, just pending linkage/hardware and assembly.

On a brighter note, I've invested in a Hull Cell tester and professional plating chems, so hopefully I'll be able to better trouble shoot the plating bath.
The "hobby" type kits are cool, but without technical papers you are at best guessing on the chemistry.  The basic start up kits are decent if you are just doing a few bolts, but with no ability to titrate or test plating is at best hit and miss.  Hopefully I'll be able to have better quality control, consistency and even make up a "back up bath" so if in the future I have an issue, I can work on it in peace while I'm still able to turn out good parts.


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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #156 on: February 19, 2019, 04:10:35 PM »
I don't have the problem, you have the problem......  :P

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My problem......I have one shelf with 3 carbs that no one may ever want!!!  :-[

You on the other hand look to be running out of storage space and will have to add two more shelves to your rack.  :o:o.

Glad you can get a laugh, my warped since of humor isn’t always well received, especially in written form.
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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #157 on: February 19, 2019, 05:58:57 PM »
I'm a sailor, I have to have a good sense of humor and tough skin by nature.  There are a few idiots on this group that get to me, but *shrugs*  I just ignore them.

Funny you mention two more shelves.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #158 on: February 19, 2019, 07:56:59 PM »
I was just planting a seed with the shelves!!
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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #159 on: February 23, 2019, 09:36:05 AM »
Now that's a formidable collection of Holley carbs! No madness there, just some real deal carb building. Heck, the only carb shop I know of with a hotrod '63 Galaxie carb dyno.  8)  Nice shop, Drew.
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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #160 on: February 24, 2019, 03:03:56 PM »
Now that's a formidable collection of Holley carbs! No madness there, just some real deal carb building. Heck, the only carb shop I know of with a hotrod '63 Galaxie carb dyno.  8)  Nice shop, Drew.

I do try.....
as far as the Galaxie and F100 test mules, I see them as essential.  Not tooting my own horn by any means, but I got 14 carbs this past year from three highly respected FE carb builders because they didn't run right.  Most times it was a minor setting or a leaking needle, something that would have been caught if the carbs were tested.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #161 on: February 27, 2019, 11:00:44 PM »
new plating station is working out nice.  It can't take the same amps per square ft load, but the quality of the coatings are super nice.
The other side benefit of this new bath is the "throw" of it.  What I mean, I can plate the inside of a pipe almost perfectly.  This is very cool as previously it was hard to plate springs, pipes, and ever screws if the threads were deep, the tips of the thread would take most of the zinc.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #162 on: February 28, 2019, 12:51:56 AM »
Very impressive. Those parts look brand new! Are you able to do parts like factory fuel logs for 2x4 & 3x2 setups?
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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #163 on: February 28, 2019, 01:40:14 AM »
I did some fuel logs a couple months ago. Came out quite nicely.
That was a 3x2 set I did that was in an engine fire. Took some work to get that black smut off everything.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #164 on: February 28, 2019, 09:02:27 AM »
Really nice looking parts Drew.
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