This is exactly what I was referring to.  I understand how time consuming this would be.  You will have a good deal of time invested in just the manifold test.  Still it would be interesting to see how the various carbs stacked up against each other on a common manifold known to be good.  May be another time.

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"Anything worth having is worth working for"

I ran my carbs together without progressive linkage, Maybe you do do a test of this nature, with progressive linkage and without.

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59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

A carburetor test would be nice but like Bill says, a test of this nature would be expensive unless there were people out there with the various carb combinations that would be willing to loan them for testing.  A carburetor test should be performed on a single manifold and ideally on the best overall manifold so that differences in carb performances can be more accurately evaluated.  Setting up all the required carb linkages would be a task in itself.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Would be interesting comparison,! but ultimatly the high cost of these new ones will rule them out for most! x 3.

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 Down Under, Australia

I don't want to complicate things.But what would really be cool, once the best manifold is found.  Run a test on a set of each of the following carbs.

1.  original 97

2.  Speedway motor's, "super 97" 

3.  Barry Grant's Demon 98.

    Just a thought.

"Anything worth having is worth working for"