The following are your images from the X-flowChronicles section of this forum. They are here to demonsatrate what I'm proposing.
hese shots show the 9.469" deck 250 US block, not the ~7.830" 200 US block. The 1.64 or so inches of lowere deck saves about 150 pounds of metal on an Aussie 200 cross flow, but leaves insufficient space for the stock US distributor to fit, as the stock carby intake manifold crashes down on it.
Even early Aussie 250 cross-flows could run into problems with the dissy fouling the intake manifold.
But the EFI intake rail is very compact, moves out for only 2/5 inches, then joins the upper intake manifold which sweeps up to the top of the hood. Becasue the lower intake gets truncated by a flange with 12 bolts at 90 degrees to the head bolts, it shouldn't foul the stock dissy. My idea is to grap some aluminum or steel tube bends, replicate the upper intake of the EFI, and shove *three 46 X 93.5 mm flanged adaptors to fit three 40/42/45 DCOE Webers on it. Simply let the carbs sit over the centre of the engine, where they will be unperturbed by the sideforces you'll generate. No, its not perfect, but it'll package , maybee without a small bump in the hood.
I'd say DCOE's would be very cheap at the moment, and its hard to think that there would be any fuel suspension or freezing problems in Florida. If they are set up correctly, the'd be economical and powerfull. Lotus Sevens with the Holby 97 cube Twin Cam Ford engine had 126 hp, 113lf-ft, and were very tractable. Be nice to get 220 Hp!
Have a think about it.
*asside from the spelling errors, "three 46 X 93.5 mm flanged adaptors" should have read "three DCOE flanges". Back of the class again
hese shots show the 9.469" deck 250 US block, not the ~7.830" 200 US block. The 1.64 or so inches of lowere deck saves about 150 pounds of metal on an Aussie 200 cross flow, but leaves insufficient space for the stock US distributor to fit, as the stock carby intake manifold crashes down on it.
Even early Aussie 250 cross-flows could run into problems with the dissy fouling the intake manifold.
But the EFI intake rail is very compact, moves out for only 2/5 inches, then joins the upper intake manifold which sweeps up to the top of the hood. Becasue the lower intake gets truncated by a flange with 12 bolts at 90 degrees to the head bolts, it shouldn't foul the stock dissy. My idea is to grap some aluminum or steel tube bends, replicate the upper intake of the EFI, and shove *three 46 X 93.5 mm flanged adaptors to fit three 40/42/45 DCOE Webers on it. Simply let the carbs sit over the centre of the engine, where they will be unperturbed by the sideforces you'll generate. No, its not perfect, but it'll package , maybee without a small bump in the hood.
I'd say DCOE's would be very cheap at the moment, and its hard to think that there would be any fuel suspension or freezing problems in Florida. If they are set up correctly, the'd be economical and powerfull. Lotus Sevens with the Holby 97 cube Twin Cam Ford engine had 126 hp, 113lf-ft, and were very tractable. Be nice to get 220 Hp!
Have a think about it.
*asside from the spelling errors, "three 46 X 93.5 mm flanged adaptors" should have read "three DCOE flanges". Back of the class again
