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...  




Don't grow up, it's a TRICK!

I have 3 Holley 7rt 94's on mine.

Durham Missouri

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

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.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

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.

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

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.    


NoShortcuts
a.k.a. Charlie Brown
near Syracuse, New York

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.  



Don't grow up, it's a TRICK!

Hold onto your wallet, Pride is very proud of his products...

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

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.  


Paul

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.    


NoShortcuts
a.k.a. Charlie Brown
near Syracuse, New York