Re: Anyone have '55 or '56 Caribbean carbs on the shelf?

Posted by Jack Vines On 2015/1/9 12:45:24

I'm a big fan of Daytona Carbs and they did the pair of 1x4s I'm running on my '56 Caribbean setup in my '55 Studebaker pickup. They worked perfectly out of the box.

However, Rochester disabled the secondary idle circuits on the OEM 2X4 carbs because eight idle circuits are too rich on decel.

I've spoken with them at length about this project and they prefer to rebuild to stock specifications. Modifying carbs is an unknown and they prefer not to go there. Might work, might not and then who's to fix it?

In my case, I've got a running driving Carib engine with an O2 sensor installed in the exhaust. Thus, I've got a baseline and the ability to monitor and measure what modified carbs are doing.

jack vines