Is a 6 Pack worth the money and trouble?

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Dual 4's are more impressive than 3-2's in my book.

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nahhhh 2x4's are common.
They aren't much trouble. I never had a set before and managed to tune these. And I don't even have the fancy metering plates and billet this/that's. Straight factory 6bbl. One thing I will say it it hits harder than a 4bbl and it pulls thru the 1/4 mile...AND seems to get pretty fair gas milage. The key is in the tune. Will it run better than an M1 and expensive 4bbl, probably not.

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Thanks for the input guys. I think that I will defiantly go with the Indy Mod Man intake. I just need to decide how many carbs I want on top of it. This is a tough one.

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3-2bbl

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Thanks for the input guys. I think that I will defiantly go with the Indy Mod Man intake. I just need to decide how many carbs I want on top of it. This is a tough one.

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2X4 BBL ,I did have a 6bbl in the past for a couple yrs without the blower.

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Thanks for the input guys. I think that I will defiantly go with the Indy Mod Man intake. I just need to decide how many carbs I want on top of it. This is a tough one.

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2X4 BBL,I did have a 6bbl in the past for a couple yrs.

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I like the build you're doing. I went a similar route on my build except on a big block. The six pack I'm running has the manifold deep ported and uses the mechanical secondary carbs. They all have accelerator pumps. I don't really like the feel of the vacuum secondary style of carbs, but that's a preference thing.

The six pack gives the motor a Dr Jekyle & Mr Hyde type of personality, mild mannered with decent mileage while on the center carb, and brutal power and acceleration when the outboards are tipped in.

When the unknowing ask to go for a ride in my car, I innocently lull them into relaxing by driving smooth and normal on the center carb. Right when they are all relaxed and not expecting it, I tip in the outboards, the motor changes personality with a sinister, Mr Hyde-like roar, their legs and arms lock to brace themselves as their eyes get as big as silver dollars. 700 hp will do that too you.

As soon as I go back on the center carb, they all seem to have a smile on their face that outlasts the ride home. It's the little things in life that make me smile these days.

When the motor was being dynoed, I had them test it with a big 4 barrel, the six pack was a bit stronger in the mid-range , and the single 4 eeked out a handful more hp at high rpm.

For me, my car would be bit less fun to drive and not as street friendly without a six pax on it.

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Thanks! There has been some thought put into it for sure. I like the idea of using mechanical secondary's and accelerator pumps on each one. More info please. So far the six pack is winning this debate!

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The mechanical six pack Holley 2300 carbs were sold over the counter under the Direct Connection banner as "Racing" carbs. They were also used on Ford's during the '60's. It takes a bit of searching, but there are still a lot of nice sets out there, especially if you Google Ford set-ups.

Hughes Engines deep ported the intake and stage 2 ported my Indy EZ's. I picked up a very nice heim-joint linkage set-up from Ben at ProMax. I used a wide band to tune them, which makes it relatively easy to get them virtually spot on in no time.

Here's a pic of the linkage, and an old fuel line I had made up. I've since gone to three individual fuel lines. Notice the fuel feed is on the opposite side, as the float bowls are side hung.

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It really comes down to personal taste and expectations

IMO people think this is best or worse based on gossip and B.S.
(Street/Strip wise its hard to top.)

I`ve run a 6bbl. since 1983, runs with the best of`em.
BUT,,,,,, I`m also sure I could go quicker with something else IF I put as much time/money into finding it.
How much faster is a new argument

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I agree with this. I would have consider the 6pk setup for my car but if I make any changes since my car is from the Max Wedge era I would go with the crossram. A 6pk on a 63 Max Wedge era car just dont look right to me. Ron

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A 6pk setup on a Max Wedge-era car is kinda functional for the times, but just wouldn't be a Max-Wedge. The two carbs and crossram intake is its' calling card. Both setups make for a excellent street/strip setup other than a well-tuned 4bbl setup. 6bbls work best with medium to heavyweight cars, while the Crossram setup works very well with medium to lightweight cars. As for a2x4 inline setup, they are no less the attention getter than the 6pk and just as powerful, but a bit harder to tune (without the wide band sensor setup). Manifolds too, have to be optimized to the overall combo.

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It really comes down to personal taste and expectations

IMO people think this is best or worse based on gossip and B.S.
(Street/Strip wise its hard to top.)

I`ve run a 6bbl. since 1983, runs with the best of`em.
BUT,,,,,, I`m also sure I could go quicker with something else IF I put as much time/money into finding it.
How much faster is a new argument

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I agree with this. I would have consider the 6pk setup for my car but if I make any changes since my car is from the Max Wedge era I would go with the crossram. A 6pk on a 63 Max Wedge era car just dont look right to me. Ron

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A 6pk setup on a Max Wedge-era car is kinda functional for the times, but just wouldn't be a Max-Wedge. The two carbs and crossram intake is its' calling card. Both setups make for a excellent street/strip setup other than a well-tuned 4bbl setup. 6bbls work best with medium to heavyweight cars, while the Crossram setup works very well with medium to lightweight cars. As for a2x4 inline setup, they are no less the attention getter than the 6pk and just as powerful, but a bit harder to tune (without the wide band sensor setup). Manifolds too, have to be optimized to the overall combo.

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If you can find a set of carbs with the center air idle speed screws instead of on the throttle shaft they are "very" easy to tune.

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haven't tried these yet but should be a simple, easy to tune alternative to a 6bbl.

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Edelbrock 2x4 setup is less expensive than a 6 pack.

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Yeah but it comes w/ 2 edelbrock carbs

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haven't tried these yet but should be a simple, easy to tune alternative to a 6bbl.

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Edelbrock 2x4 setup is less expensive than a 6 pack.

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Yeah but it comes w/ 2 edelbrock carbs

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now, now! there's nothing wrong with afb's, .

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haven't tried these yet but should be a simple, easy to tune alternative to a 6bbl.

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Edelbrock 2x4 setup is less expensive than a 6 pack.

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Yeah but it comes w/ 2 edelbrock carbs

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That's a good thing! I'll take any you want to toss out ;-)

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Too late gave mine to a chebbie guy.

Decided to try one years ago, bought a shiny new 1407 Edelbrock carb for my 440 4 speed Challenger replacing the strong running (but a little dirty looking) Holley 750dp carb it had on it.

The Edlbrock had a terrible stumble off idle and no where near the performance of the Holley.
Bought the Edelbrock tuning kit and spent hours trying to tune it.

Called Edelbrock tech line countless times, They had me doing all kinds of stuff including drilling out emulsion tubes, some improvement but the stumble never went completely away and still no where near the performance of the Holley.

The techs at Edelbrock were nice and helpful and even sent me parts to try for free but in the end they finally admitted these type carbs where NOT designed for performance big block Mopars...more for stock small block chebbies.

Pulled the Edelbrock carb (gave to a chebbie buddy) and replaced with the old Holley and the car ran perfect(and fast) again.

Still got the Edelbrock tuning kit somewhere.

Live and learn.

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The mechanical six pack Holley 2300 carbs were sold over the counter under the Direct Connection banner as "Racing" carbs. They were also used on Ford's during the '60's. It takes a bit of searching, but there are still a lot of nice sets out there, especially if you Google Ford set-ups.

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Those carbs were 500 cc 2 bbl's with accelerator pumps. That is all I ran on 6pk setup in the late 70's and early 80's.

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How do you make the Ford carbs fit a Mopar manifold?

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The mechanical six pack Holley 2300 carbs were sold over the counter under the Direct Connection banner as "Racing" carbs. They were also used on Ford's during the '60's. It takes a bit of searching, but there are still a lot of nice sets out there, especially if you Google Ford set-ups.

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Those carbs were 500 cc 2 bbl's with accelerator pumps. That is all I ran on 6pk setup in the late 70's and early 80's.

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How do you make the Ford carbs fit a Mopar manifold?

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the mechanical end carbs were the same size throttle bores and venturi as the factory vacuums, definitely not the 500cfm aftermarket carbs. the ford carbs will bolt up but they were very small, like the mopar and chevy center carbs.

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The mechanical six pack Holley 2300 carbs were sold over the counter under the Direct Connection banner as "Racing" carbs. They were also used on Ford's during the '60's. It takes a bit of searching, but there are still a lot of nice sets out there, especially if you Google Ford set-ups.

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Those carbs were 500 cc 2 bbl's with accelerator pumps. That is all I ran on 6pk setup in the late 70's and early 80's.

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How do you make the Ford carbs fit a Mopar manifold?

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the mechanical end carbs were the same size throttle bores and venturi as the factory vacuums, definitely not the 500cfm aftermarket carbs. the ford carbs will bolt up but they were very small, like the mopar and chevy center carbs.

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Actually since the Ford carbs all have metering blocks the rear carb won't fit... The center carb always has a metering block so that's not an issue & the front carb just protrudes an extra 3/4" but the rear carb will not fit....

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Are paper 6 pack filters being reproed again or are nos ones still listing for 350 bucks?

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If you are talking about the orange round hole original style, no, not to my knowledge, athough they likely will make more eventually. And BTW, the $350.00 examples you commonly see offered are not typically NOS, they are remaining Fram reproductions, NOS (New OLD Stock from the early 70's) usually go for more than that.

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...and K&N has a nice filter that will outlast all of us.

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If you like your engine gulping in dirt sure. Would have to pay me to put on of those on my engine.

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I like the build you're doing. I went a similar route on my build except on a big block. The six pack I'm running has the manifold deep ported and uses the mechanical secondary carbs. They all have accelerator pumps. I don't really like the feel of the vacuum secondary style of carbs, but that's a preference thing.

The six pack gives the motor a Dr Jekyle & Mr Hyde type of personality, mild mannered with decent mileage while on the center carb, and brutal power and acceleration when the outboards are tipped in.

When the unknowing ask to go for a ride in my car, I innocently lull them into relaxing by driving smooth and normal on the center carb. Right when they are all relaxed and not expecting it, I tip in the outboards, the motor changes personality with a sinister, Mr Hyde-like roar, their legs and arms lock to brace themselves as their eyes get as big as silver dollars. 700 hp will do that too you.

As soon as I go back on the center carb, they all seem to have a smile on their face that outlasts the ride home. It's the little things in life that make me smile these days.

When the motor was being dynoed, I had them test it with a big 4 barrel, the six pack was a bit stronger in the mid-range , and the single 4 eeked out a handful more hp at high rpm.

For me, my car would be bit less fun to drive and not as street friendly without a six pax on it.

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Thanks! There has been some thought put into it for sure. I like the idea of using mechanical secondary's and accelerator pumps on each one. More info please. So far the six pack is winning this debate!

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The mechanical six pack Holley 2300 carbs were sold over the counter under the Direct Connection banner as "Racing" carbs. They were also used on Ford's during the '60's. It takes a bit of searching, but there are still a lot of nice sets out there, especially if you Google Ford set-ups.

Hughes Engines deep ported the intake and stage 2 ported my Indy EZ's. I picked up a very nice heim-joint linkage set-up from Ben at ProMax. I used a wide band to tune them, which makes it relatively easy to get them virtually spot on in no time.

Here's a pic of the linkage, and an old fuel line I had made up. I've since gone to three individual fuel lines. Notice the fuel feed is on the opposite side, as the float bowls are side hung.

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