Re: relieving valve pockets

Posted by Anthony Pallett On 2012/9/16 0:48:39

Those are Weber 45DOEC carbs, I cant tell if this is one from the pictures but Clifford use to make them I have recently inquired about them but due to a lack of sales they are not planning on producing more at this time, so unless a lot of Hudson guys get together and preorder them ebay would be about the only place to get one. The header does not look like a Clifford (I have one)but it just might look different on the engine. The relieving looks like the 7X Nasscar style which you can get the exact measurements for online if you wanted to do something similar to a Packard. I have a pair of Solex carbs which are Weber clones essentially (Maybe the other way around) and I was planning on making a manifold for my 327 but there is an issue Weber style carbs are similar to Hilborn fuel injection in the sense that you really need one port to one venturi but the inline Packard engines have simesed intake runners so I don't know if you would get the proper air fuel ratios. If it would work Weber carbs are about as close to direct port injection as you can with a float bowl and are extremely responsive.