BB Tunnel Ram Setup

[396L35]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rat tuned</div><div class="ubbcode-body">are those 450's or 660 center squirters? </div></div>
There are no 660's in the three pictures above... The 4224 has a very distinct look.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Holley/510/0-4224/10002/-1

[markjohnson]

That cobbled-together front carburetor &amp; fuel line is really somethin' else. It's hard to believe that's the Motion-built '67 Chevelle Drag car. I know this car is still around and being restored but is this the condition that the car should be restored back to?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Wow! Great responses and info, keep it coming. Based on the info thus far, we are going with a TR for sure. If I can make it run decent (ie; not too fast, he'll still be a 'kid' when he starts driving this thing), and get the look - it's a no brainer. An old school looking TR, white coated headers with 4bolt collectors, NOS yellow ladder bars, cragars.... likely a f/glass stinger hood with a hole for the TR, what kid wouldn't love it??

Anyone recalling a certain AMT (I think) model that is giving the inspiration for this build?? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

[x Baldwin Motion]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> An old school looking TR, white coated headers with 4bolt collectors, NOS yellow ladder bars, cragars.... likely a f/glass stinger hood with a hole for the TR, what kid wouldn't love it??

Anyone recalling a certain AMT (I think) model that is giving the inspiration for this build?? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] </div></div>



* not sure I would use a stinger hood for a hole that size !! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> An old school looking TR, white coated headers with 4bolt collectors, NOS yellow ladder bars, cragars.... likely a f/glass stinger hood with a hole for the TR, what kid wouldn't love it??

Anyone recalling a certain AMT (I think) model that is giving the inspiration for this build?? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] </div></div>

Missed this post the first time. Yes, a Stinger hood with a sanitary cut-out for the TR/carbs/scoop/stacks would look great. Kids at my son's elementary school love my '55 when I rumble in at 3:00 to pick him up so the Nova would definitely get plenty of attention. Actually, the dads react more than the kids do! Their tired worn-down middle-aged faces light up when they see my '55 pulling in and they are immediately transported back to a happy time in their lives! (As am I when I drive the beast.) Now I want a TR for my '55.

As for the AMT Nova, I too built one back in the day. Silver, black guts, single Holley, stock hood, kit mags. Still packed in a box--since 1987--in the basement of my mother's house in Sacramento with my other 70s-80s model car builds.

[VintageMusclecar]

Correction to my previous post--the secondary bowl on the front carb actually appears to be a side-hung <span style="font-style: italic">primary</span> 4160 style bowl, not a secondary bowl.

Just wanted to clear that up.

[COPO]

That cobbled together set-up on the '67 BM Chevelle was good for a mid 10's in a street driven car back in the day. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[markjohnson]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: COPO</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> That cobbled together set-up on the '67 BM Chevelle was good for a mid 10's in a street driven car back in the day. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] </div></div>

I don't care how fast it was or who put it together, even if it was Motion or the Mason Bros., that looks terrible and I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that hopefully that was just cobbled together quickly for the magazine shoot or something. That much floppy rubber fuel line not only looks terrible, but it's dangerous as well and would flunk technical inspection at most drag strips. The messed-up thing is if that was a random photo of an unknown car with that fuel line set-up, people would be laughing at it and rolling their eyes but since it happens to be a Baldwin-Motion car, it's supposed to be acceptable. Whatever. I remember doing something like that when I was like 16-17 years old and my father just ripped me a new one after seeing it!

[PxTx]

Found this old thread and thought I would post it since there is some great TR specific tuning discussions that went on here.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...2&amp;page=all

[PxTx]

I really hate to see this thread die, so here's a bump Marlin.



Here's an old Polaroid scan of my Uncle's 42 Ford P/U Street Rod which has been running Tunnel Ram since 1987 and it's still on there today.

The TR started on a 307 with 390 carbs (inline) while the 383 was being built. This then all went on to the 383 with a mild 470 lift cam.

By 1990 he installed a pair of 1850 carbs, removed the choke plates, added the rear metering block kit and center hung float bowls to them. Threw those carbs on mounted sideways with a homemade adapter plate and some sideways linkage. The truck never ran better! It gets 18 mpg @ 70 mph on the highway [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img] Who cares what it gets locally.

Here's another picture of the Plowman I posted somewhere else once. Notice another dual quad setup!



Note the cobbled together fuel system Mark [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]