Todd, I read somewhere that the new Edelbrock 94's are supposed to correct the bleed down problem. Not to sure about that plus the gas boiling after shutting off the engine is another problem. My bird has no room left for a phenolic spacer to insulate the carbs unless I want to cut holes in the hood. I used chrome stainless steel lines from Vintage Speed with absolutely no leakage. I had to modify the lines that Charlie sent me to clear the linkage so I feel comfortable bending up new ones. It wasn't as hard as I expected. I am using the stock tach drive 57 distributor with Petronix and MSD 6 but it needs to be gone through. At this point I have the vacuum advance plugged and bumped up the initial enough that the mechanical advance gets me to the right total advance. Still need to work on that. Thought about coming to some of the events over your way but not ready to push the Bird over Hecker and Pacheco Pass yet. It is a fairly strenuous drive from Santa Cruz.

57 Black Tbird 312/auto

I guess I'm just lucky that I'm not experiancing fuel boil/bubbling. I have plumbing parts to run lines a few different ways, including the original "tree" lines from the Edelbrock installation way back when.

While not 100% true to the "way it was" I'm happy with the results. I have no leakage at the lines/joints, and the carb leakage seems to have resolved itself as long as it's driven regularly.

I still have to plumb/re-route the vac. lines to operate the wipers and heater controls Though I have chrome bullets over the w/s wipers, I still would like to have a functional heater.

I'd considered a '57 dizzy, but was unable to find one, even a core, for what I'd consider reasonable. I had Pertronix quote making a plate for the old W&H that the car had, but it was more than the Unilte, and I'd still have an old distributor with orphan caps, etc...I'm confident it will suit my needs once all is dialed in. Gonna re-set the rockers, give it a bit more advance, and a couple carb tweaks now that I have a few hundred miles on it.

Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

I should also add that the Sanderson headers are awesome, and well worth the money. Easier to work around also. Pricey, but worth it.

Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial