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By hdshadpar - 10 Years Ago
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Just new to this forum and not sure how to search for specific subjects yet, so I am restoring a 63 Unibody I bought for my wife, it has a original 292 so I bought a Offenhauser trip pack for Xmas for her. My questions are: there are 2 Holley 2110 carbs (back and middle) and a Ford carb at the front, should the middle carb be a bigger one and not sure what size the Ford carb is or how to tell what size it is and finally is there a Company that will do it professionally for I know this unit will have to be rebuilt but I would like to do it correctly the first time? Not really going for performance but more the under the hood look...
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By 62bigwindow - 10 Years Ago
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I have 3 Holley 7rt 94's on mine.
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By airman - 10 Years Ago
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I have three holley 94 8ba on a edelbrock 573 and plugged the outer carbs power valves and ran slightly bigger jets in them than the center carb, the center carb is being used as the idle carb and the outer two are just basically dumps, they work great for me like this and runs smooth. good luck with the project, I love the look of a tri power
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By paul2748 - 10 Years Ago
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Wthout knowing what the Ford carb is, you can run the smaller in the middle. I assume you want to run progressive linkage. In my opinion, in the situation you have I would run the same carbs front and back with the middle being the odd one If the odd one is smaller, might be better gas mileage for normal driving. Unless your wife is a hot rodder or wants the 3x2's, I would go for a 4BBL.
The only guy I know that can set everything up is Charley Price in Florida. Some swear by him and otgher swear at him. I friend of mine used him and is happy with his work so far, but hasn't really ran them.
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By DryLakesRacer - 10 Years Ago
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I have an Offenhauser 3-2 manifold with 3 Rochester 2Gc's and progressive linkage. The carbs and linkage was from Charlie Pride. It was ready to go when I found my dual quads. I had heard nothing but good things about Prides work which was why I went with his parts. Hardest thing was getting 3 hole to 4 hole carb adapters to use with the Rochester bases... Good Luck.
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By NoShortcuts - 10 Years Ago
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Welcome to the site, hdshadpar.
Charlie Price is the owner of Vintage Speed in Florida. Click the link below to see his website, online catalog, and contact information.
http://vintagespeed.com/index.php/shop-now
Charlie Price will take your components, completely go through everything, and produce a finished set-up that can be bolted on and will be ready to run with minimal adjustment. He KNOWS this stuff like the back of his hand.
To connect with the Archive of information on this site, click on 'Explore' in the banner next to 'Home' near the top of the page. After you click on 'Explore', you'll need to scroll down on the right hand side to have the word 'Search' be visible. A glitch in our website is that the word 'Search' does not show unless you patiently play with figuring out how to scroll down on the 'Explore' section.
Hope this helps. 
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By hdshadpar - 10 Years Ago
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Tks everyone! Looking forward to reading the threads and learning more on these motors and the vehicles they are in as I just got into them this year. I will contact Charlie and go from there plus learn to use the explore option.
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By DryLakesRacer - 10 Years Ago
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Hold onto your wallet, Pride is very proud of his products...
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By PF Arcand - 10 Years Ago
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If you basically want the Tri Power look, then go for it.. However, as Paul 2748 points out (particularly with an Offenhauser intake, which despite the storied name, has been tested & is not a very good performer) you are unlikely to get any more performance than with a modest sized 4 Bbl on a ECZ-B intake .. Good luck.
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By NoShortcuts - 10 Years Ago
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Hdshadpar. Paul's reference to the performance differences of various aftermarket tri-power set-ups available for use on the Ford / Mercury y-block engines back-in the-day is well worth reviewing. Many of these intakes are found offered in the course of a year on eBay Motors. While your interest may not be competition, the testing done by our moderator, Ted Eaton, clearly shows advantages and disadvantages for daily-driver use. Drive-ability is very much tied to enjoy-ability if you're doing much driving in stop-and-go traffic.
An informative article assembled by Ted provides performance testing data on seven different 3x2 intake manifold set-ups tested on the same y-block engine in one day. Chart C in Ted's article provides insight on street performance as indicated by torque output over the 2500 to 3500 rpm range.
Click the link below for the article
http://www.eatonbalancing.com/blog/2013/12/18/y-block-ford-3x2-intake-testing/
Other factors besides intake manifold selection certainly affect vehicle street performance and drive-ability. An all-inclusive list does not follow, but vehicle weight, the engine [cubic inch displacement, compression ratio, intake manifold, carburetor, and camshaft selection], transmission, and rear end gear ratio are biggies in moving you enjoyably around town and through traffic.
Hope this helps.
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By Riz - 10 Years Ago
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I run 3x Holley 94s on mine as well. Set up is same as others progressive linkage, outer idle circuits and PV blocked, larger jets on the outers.
I run an Offy 3x2, I know there are much better, but I got mine for $75 at a swap meet and figure I will run it until I find a better that does not have bubblegum welds on it and helicoils in every stud mount for $1000 on e-bay.
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By DryLakesRacer - 9 Years Ago
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Apparently Fords were not the only manifold Offenhauser made with poor characteristics. There is a shop showing what is done to the Buick nailhead Offy to make major improvements in its flow. My Offy was a gift from a friend so that's why I built it and using Rochester 2GC's was something I wanted try, too bad I never got the chance to run it. Like dual quads, 3-2's makes any engine look better. Good Luck....
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By NoShortcuts - 9 Years Ago
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NICE, Riz. Looks very professionally done. -And for real world driving, I'd be HAPPY to have it sitting under my hood ready to have the key turned for a ride!
Sometimes we can get lost in the enlightening in-depth information we're able to obtain from our fellow enthusiasts. Considering how and where I drive my car on the street and highway, I would probably never feel a difference between driving with a properly sorted-out 3x2 Offenhauser or an Edelbrock 357 set-up.
You've sorted out a 3x2 set-up with progressive throttle linkage, sourced three carbs that work together, worked through determining and executing needed jetting changes, AND knew to eliminate the power valves and idle circuits on the end carbs... I'm sure that what you've assembled is very drive-able and enjoyable. I expect you've gotten enormous self-satisfaction compared to what many owners back-in-the-day likely experienced. What you've done is more than many before us knew to do when they bolted three mismatched 'found' carbs on an intake manifold, cobbled together some mishmash collection of salvage yard sourced throttle linkage pieces, and went for a ride down the main street in town.
Kudos, Riz!
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By Riz - 9 Years Ago
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Thanks- A lot of ideas and help from the guys on this forum. For me the old school hot ridding is more fun than the extra few HP that could be wrung out with some more modern kit. Some of the parts are from Charlie at Vintage Speed-most are cobbled together from the bolt bin. As much as I don't like purpose built rat rods-
The debris screens for the velocity stacks are actually stainless sink strainers.
Best compliment ever came unexpectedly-he appreciated the old school shade tree mechanic and the fact I saved the original engine.
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By Riz - 9 Years Ago
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Just reread that-didn't mean to sound cocky at all-was intending that if any of us were after big HP we probably wouldn't be messing with the Y- probably just go with a crate 350 (gasp)
Most of the fun is taking a project and making it unique and individual, so run mismatched parts if they work and make it fun.
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By carl - 9 Years Ago
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Looks like you were at the Zoo car show Mike,we had the 56 there also,i think they had around 1000 cars this year Carl
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By Riz - 9 Years Ago
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Yeah was at the C-bus zoo, my truck was parked back in a dark corner (not a show truck) I guess it was the path Chip walked to and from the paddock.
Got to shoot the breeze with him for a while, was very down to earth.
We will have to hook up at this years.
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By paul2748 - 9 Years Ago
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Isn't Charlie Pride the Country & Western singer ??? LOL
paul2748 (12/26/2015)
Wthout knowing what the Ford carb is, you can run the smaller in the middle. I assume you want to run progressive linkage. In my opinion, in the situation you have I would run the same carbs front and back with the middle being the odd one If the odd one is smaller, might be better gas mileage for normal driving. Unless your wife is a hot rodder or wants the 3x2's, I would go for a 4BBL. The only guy I know that can set everything up is Charley Price in Florida. Some swear by him and otgher swear at him. I friend of mine used him and is happy with his work so far, but hasn't really ran them.
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By hdshadpar - 9 Years Ago
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Tks everyone for the info, got a hold of Charlie and he will look after the trip pack. I totally understand as well that the 4 barrel is a better option but we are going for the look under the hood and not that much performance. However that is plan A but we know how plans can change.....
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By 30 coupe - 9 Years Ago
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Airman, are you using progressive or straight linkage on your tri-power set - up ?
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By airman - 9 Years Ago
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I'm running progressive linkage I got from vintage speed, got my rebuild kits from them as well, outer carbs have pv plugged and bigger jets and inner carb built for idle, looks awesome and runs great, I got the edelbrock 573 intake because of Teds performance testing and cruise night cam and springs from mummert
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