Paul:

The manifolds were supposedly made by someone called "Buddy Bar(r)".  That's all I know.  Maybe Pegleg knows of them, he's been in the casting business a long time.

Don't know if there's ever been a comparison between the Edelbrock and the Ford.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Does anyone know who made the 2X4 E code manifolds for Ford.  Is the Edelbrock 2X4 manifold superior to the E code factory manifold?

Thanks,

Paul J. - '57 E Code

Gerry:

You are right, when you have performance you don't get mileage.  The number of horses you use to get to a certain speed with a certain weight car doesn't vary much from engine to engine.  Fuel=horsepower.  I had my dual four setup on a '56 Club sedan, with a .060 over 312, T85 with OD, 4.27 Stude gears in a wagon rear end.  This was before radial tires, and I got 22 mpg on a trip from Lafayette, IN, around Chicago, to Rockford IL.  Obviously, I didn't continually get into the secondaries, but I stayed with traffic all the way-65 to 70 mph.  Didn't believe it, so I checked it on the return triP, 21 plus.

John

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Curious to now what kind of milage one cold get with the straight (non progerssive) linkage and dual four carbs? Not that it matters much when you want to go fast milage is not an issue. Gerry

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Paul J. - '57 E Code

The differences may have been part of my problem with the 2 fours.   I checked and the front carb is a 9510-S and the rear is a Y.    Also have a M and B in a box of "stuff".    "Someday"  I will need to clean house and sell this stuff that I will never use.   I do hope to get the car on the road again by spring (but I said that last year too!)   J

Joe:

Go to your attic sometime and look at the numbers stamped in the carb mounting bases on the rear.  ECJ-9510-AA and AB are the '57 dual carb numbers, one of each.  '56s are EDB-9510-C, both carbs.

John

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Don't know if my carbs were "correct" or their condition or if adjusted to perform the best.  The car did run well, just stumbled a bit and with the cam and automatic trans it just didn't behave well in heavy traffic.   Above 15 - 20 mph it drove well and there were no problems.  I could never keep my foot out of it long enough to check any milage figures.    The set up is in my attic and I have thought about it from time to time, but have always had other priorities.

Joe:

Did you have the original correct teapots for your dual four setup?  I had duals on my '56 Bird, even had the '56 manifold and correct carbs, and did not have the driveability problems you described.  The setup once got 22 mpg on a trip on a 322 inch engine with mild cam in a '56 Club sedan with OD.  The problem I had with the setup was my wife.  I could not get her to start the car with her foot off the accelerator, she caught it on fire twice.  Then I had to remove the duals so she would drive it.  Then she began having knee problems and couldn't work the clutch without pain, so I put an automatic in it.  Now, after a few years, and knee and hip replacements, she is unable to drive it at all.  So I'm thinking of re-installing the 2-4s and the T85 OD like I had it for so many years.  I think '56 dual four and '57 blown Birds in the same nest would be cool.  And both cars are drag strip veterans.

John 

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Joe - should have changed those teapots for a couple of carters which were available back in them day. Would have kept the "cool".

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
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