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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #195 on: March 06, 2019, 03:54:13 PM »
  Did this get started from autocorrect of FElony to Lony??

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« Reply #196 on: March 06, 2019, 04:44:25 PM »
If anyone feels the need to contact me ever, my email is
AirFuelSpark78@gmail.com

Otherwise I’ll be hanging out on the fanatics page which is moderated or on my own business page.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #197 on: March 07, 2019, 10:39:38 AM »
    Drew,
        Since the list 3948 carb does not appear in conventional Holley printed books OLD or current , it is one of the specialty carbs made for Ford that never reached "production" status. List numbers missing from the Holley manuals were produced and I too have many that do not appear in the Holley manuals. I "may" have information on it in my experimental part number log book. There is no mention of this carburetor in any of the extensive Shelby American information I have. Oddities DID get out of Holley as I have a 3255 variant main body with no numbers on the air horn that came directly from Shelby American when they were out here in LA. It was a complete carburetor when I got it .
   Randy

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #198 on: March 07, 2019, 05:10:23 PM »


Holley list number assignment book for parts released to production

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #199 on: March 07, 2019, 09:06:09 PM »

Holley list number assignment book for parts released to production

Where's  the 3555 BE?

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #200 on: March 07, 2019, 09:54:55 PM »

Holley list number assignment book for parts released to production

Where's  the 3555 BE?

Great question.  You will need to ask the guys that wrote on that document.  In the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s & up until they moved from Warren, MI to BG, KY.
Assignment book was hand written the whole darn time.  I am fairly certain that the engineering folks had a similar document for development number assignments that may not have made official production status.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #201 on: March 07, 2019, 10:04:57 PM »
I meant 3255, of course. Seems like this whole Holley sub-hobby is hazy at best. Not sure how much it impacts the overall value of a vehicle. I mean, if you are looking at something "rare" in the 75k and up range, how much more are you really going to pay for a BV over a 3310 or a -U, when it comes down to it.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #202 on: March 08, 2019, 12:23:14 AM »
My apologies for letting this thread get a little out of hand, I've been buried in CNC stuff and haven't been watching as closely as usual.  I've deleted several posts and edited others that really don't conform to forum rules, and some other follow-up posts.  A civil tone is required here.  Thanks, Jay
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Jay Brown
- 1969 Mach 1, Drag Week 2005 Winner NA/BB, 511" FE (10.60s @ 129); Drag Week 2007 Runner-Up PA/BB, 490" Supercharged FE (9.35 @ 151)
- 1964 Ford Galaxie, Drag Week 2009 Winner Modified NA (9.50s @ 143), 585" SOHC
- 1969 Shelby Clone, Drag Week 2015 Winner Modified NA (Average 8.98 @ 149), 585" SOHC

   

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #203 on: March 08, 2019, 11:20:33 AM »
My apologies for letting this thread get a little out of hand, I've been buried in CNC stuff and haven't been watching as closely as usual.  I've deleted several posts and edited others that really don't conform to forum rules, and some other follow-up posts.  A civil tone is required here.  Thanks, Jay

Nice work on the editing. Did I say that out loud? Anyway, isn't there someone here who is an expert on Hi Riser production? Has a bunch of internal memos and stuff. I forgot his name, maybe starts with a K. For sure on the N54 forum, not certain if he moved over here.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #204 on: March 08, 2019, 10:54:13 PM »
Randy, as always your posts are accurate and to the point thanks for sharing your experiences here.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #205 on: March 10, 2019, 01:18:17 PM »
Those Le Mans (Lee Ma) carburetors have been reproduced for many years so there's a bunch of the re-pops floating around.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #206 on: June 21, 2019, 07:30:20 PM »
One final note in regards to this journey.

If you or someone you know wants to learn this trade, maybe this thread will help, at least I hope it will.
It has now been 2 years since I first experimented with plating and chromate work.
It's been 1.5 years since I got serious about it.  Really only the last 6 months have I started being happy with the results and getting some consistent results that I could expect.
I've still got a long way to go in regards to getting chromate to take on corroded castings, etc.  I've probably had 150 or so carbs through the door since I started messing with this, the first 3/4 were all hit and miss, if I could go back with what I know now and redo them, I would.  Maybe someone will try this and succeed right away, but I think my progression is probably more realistic, so don't be discouraged if it takes a ton of time and material to start getting things decent.

To those here and elsewhere who entrusted me with their precious carbs, I thank you all.  I may have missed the mark (especially with my early stuff), but I always tried my best.  It was all of your material headed in and out the door that helped me learn all this.

64626206_483412015730868_5880840011057725440_n by Drew Pojedinec, on Flickr

64631840_483411919064211_7784700989335928832_n by Drew Pojedinec, on Flickr

64832461_482882609117142_991049109253128192_n by Drew Pojedinec, on Flickr

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #207 on: June 21, 2019, 07:43:24 PM »
Looking good Drew! I need to save up and send you a couple more.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #208 on: June 21, 2019, 08:30:03 PM »
Looking good Drew! I need to save up and send you a couple more.
I have the ones you already sent taken apart and cleaned, I only had 20 days off this time, so just didn't get to them.

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Re: Carburetor madness by Drew
« Reply #209 on: June 21, 2019, 10:10:32 PM »
You are an artist, very rare these days