AMT '32 Ford V-8 Engine question.

[stavanzer]

On the long serving AMT '32 Fords, is there a Quick'n'Dirty way to convert the stock intake manifold to run twin Carbs?I have lots of these engines and few Dual Carb intakes. I really don't want to order resin cast parts if I can make something that is "Good Enough" for engines that will be seen, but not really detailed. In this case "Close Enough" really is all I want to achieve.

Thanks for any ideas.

[slusher]

T he 36 AMT Ford has an intake with 3 Carbs..

[Ace-Garageguy]

It's pretty easy to convert a stock flathead manifold to a "good enough" multi-carb setup, and only really involves filing the top flat, then making appropriate carb flanges from styrene sheet. 

If you want to get fancy, you can mold the flanges in with a catalyzed filler, and maybe carve some runners.

Stock '32 manifold   

2-carb manifold      

3-carb manifold     

[Ace-Garageguy]

Hot-rodders would also mount two carbs to a variety of Y-looking adaptors that bolted to the stock manifold. This was flow-limited by the size of the stock hole in the manifold, of course.

Edited March 2, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[stavanzer]

Thanks, Ace!

[Straightliner59]

On 3/1/2023 at 8:46 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

This was flow-limited by the size of the stock hole in the manifold, of course.

 

But, it still looked cooler!?

[blizzy63]

I've never put dual carbs on a stocker 1932 Ford V-8 engine but this was the closest quickie modification that I did years ago.

It was on a quick glue-bomb rebuild where I turned an old AMT '40 Ford Sedan into a '50s teenager's street rod.

On the '40 flathead V-8, I merely replaced the stock intake manifold with the dual-carb manifold from the AMT '50 Ford Convertible kit, then added two parts-box 1-bbl carburetor/air cleaner units (from old AMT '32 Ford Coupe or Vickie kits).

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by blizzy63

[blizzy63]

Edited March 4, 2023 by blizzy63

[stavanzer]

Great Pics, Robert.

Cool Build! I really like what you did with it.

[blizzy63]

5 hours ago, stavanzer said:

Great Pics, Robert.

Cool Build! I really like what you did with it.

For your interest, here are shots of the whole car:

[stavanzer]

Thanks for sharing those, Robert.

Awesome build.

[stavanzer]

On 3/1/2023 at 7:42 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

It's pretty easy to convert a stock flathead manifold to a "good enough" multi-carb setup, and only really involves filing the top flat, then making appropriate carb flanges from styrene sheet. 

If you want to get fancy, you can mold the flanges in with a catalyzed filler, and maybe carve some runners.

Stock '32 manifold   

2-carb manifold      

3-carb manifold     

Bill, Thanks for the tip about filing the manifold. I tried it on a couple, and got something that looks passible to me.

Again, Thanks! I prefer the molded twin carb setups,but for a Jalopy, it works great.