My offy/Fenton setup has been plumbed this way for at least 20 years and 200K miles. Is it perfect? Dunno, I still have to use the choke to get started and a bit of throttle to keep er idling till warm. Is the bottom of the manifold corroded with exhaust gasses? Dunno that either and I'm not about to take is apart to look. The carbs ice up in cold damp weather. They do not vapor loc in hot weather. They have thick heat insulators from some GMC truck or other. All in all seems to work pretty well.


1951 3800 1-ton
"Earning its keep from the get-go"
In the DITY Gallery
1962 261 (w/cam, Fenton headers, 2 carbs, MSD ign.), SM420 & Brown-Lipe 6231A 3spd aux. trans, stock axles & brakes. Owned since 1971.