One Barrel Carb!!!
One Barrel Carb!!!
Hey All! I am about to replace the 1 barrel Holley that came with my 61 F100. Any suggestions on what to replace it with? I want another 1 barrel carb. I have looked around the internet. haven't seen much on quality new 1 barrels??? Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!!!
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Gritsngumbo
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Why are you replacing the carb?
If you understand what you’re doing, you’re not learning anything.
LITTLE RED: 64 F100 Short Style
BIG RED: 62 F100 Long Uni
BIG “UN": 63 F250 Long Flare
BBW RED: 61 F100 CC BBW Long Uni
CRIMSON CREW: 63 F100 "Stageway" Long Flare Crew Cab
"RANGER": 66 F100 CC Long Flatbed
"AVA" 1963 Avion T-20 Travel Trailer
“Lucille” 1955 New Moon 44’ Travel Trailer
LITTLE RED: 64 F100 Short Style
BIG RED: 62 F100 Long Uni
BIG “UN": 63 F250 Long Flare
BBW RED: 61 F100 CC BBW Long Uni
CRIMSON CREW: 63 F100 "Stageway" Long Flare Crew Cab
"RANGER": 66 F100 CC Long Flatbed
"AVA" 1963 Avion T-20 Travel Trailer
“Lucille” 1955 New Moon 44’ Travel Trailer
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DanSanDiego2000
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- Joined: August 14, 2006, 8:59 pm
- Location: San Diego
Direct question.... indirect answer
I know you said you wanted recommendations on a 1-barrel, but the only recommendation I'd have is "Don't do it" 
I found an NOS 1-barrel on eBay a couple years ago, ran it, liked it, had to rebuild it, then converted intake, carb and headers.
I was going to bolt a 2-barrel in place of my 1-barrel, but instead changed to a Clifford Intake and headers, and a Holley flanged 2-barrel.
I still have the 2-barrel/1-barrel adapter I purchased from Clifford. It is designed to bolt onto your stock manifold, and accept the smaller style 2-barrel (the small rectangular base plate).
If you want a 1-barrel, I can't help. If you want to consider a 2-barrel, I may be able to help you adapt.
Dan
I found an NOS 1-barrel on eBay a couple years ago, ran it, liked it, had to rebuild it, then converted intake, carb and headers.I was going to bolt a 2-barrel in place of my 1-barrel, but instead changed to a Clifford Intake and headers, and a Holley flanged 2-barrel.
I still have the 2-barrel/1-barrel adapter I purchased from Clifford. It is designed to bolt onto your stock manifold, and accept the smaller style 2-barrel (the small rectangular base plate).
If you want a 1-barrel, I can't help. If you want to consider a 2-barrel, I may be able to help you adapt.
Dan
I would agree with Kid that if originality is not an issue, then the only 1 bbl carb I would mess with is a Carter YF.
Kid is running a carb that I rebuilt and later let him buy from me.
I have a $350 dollar Ponycarb highend rebuild (they do them for the Concours Mustang boys) and my rebuilt Yf runs BETTER.
I think a lot of people give up on 1 bbl setups because you just cannot go buy a rebuilt 1 bbl from a parts place and get them to work. But the good news is that they are not hard to rebuild yourself.
Pick up a used, decent looking MANUAL CHOKE YF off of ebay. rebuild it (parts kit is $20, comes with instructions), get a junkyard or JEGS aircleaner, rig up the choke linkeage (not a problem, I will post link to my website if you need help) -- the throttle link is bolt up, at least on a 65 it was.
I am assuming you are running this on a 223. The 2bbl setups are probably overkill, and may actually run worse. Over at fordsix.com its the YF that also gets recomended.
Kid is running a carb that I rebuilt and later let him buy from me.
I have a $350 dollar Ponycarb highend rebuild (they do them for the Concours Mustang boys) and my rebuilt Yf runs BETTER.
I think a lot of people give up on 1 bbl setups because you just cannot go buy a rebuilt 1 bbl from a parts place and get them to work. But the good news is that they are not hard to rebuild yourself.
Pick up a used, decent looking MANUAL CHOKE YF off of ebay. rebuild it (parts kit is $20, comes with instructions), get a junkyard or JEGS aircleaner, rig up the choke linkeage (not a problem, I will post link to my website if you need help) -- the throttle link is bolt up, at least on a 65 it was.
I am assuming you are running this on a 223. The 2bbl setups are probably overkill, and may actually run worse. Over at fordsix.com its the YF that also gets recomended.
1965 F-100 240 Autolite 1101, Disk brake dual master upgraded, swapped over to C4 and powersteering. Bought by my Dad new in March 65'
Planned/considered upgrades:
Perhaps power brakes, 300 I6 motor and JUST maybe, AC!
Planned/considered upgrades:
Perhaps power brakes, 300 I6 motor and JUST maybe, AC!
I like the Autolite 2100 2 barrel with the small ports for the 6's. They start nice are cheap and simple to rebuild. The economy isn't bad either. I put one on an industrial flathead 6 complete with electric choke and an electric fuel pump. It can sit for six months and still start like it ran yesterday.
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