1970 Camaro Race car

[black69]

wow, what a neat car. price seems reasonable for a rare piece.
Looks like a form of a chrysler-ish thermoquad (carter) carb setup with the black bases. kept the fuel cooler in the bowls.
I have never seen that on a chevy.

[Kim_Howie]

Bob, the Comp series 850 cfm Carter carbs were on this car all of it's life. I am still looking for jets & metering rods.Very hard to find. I have two sets lean & fat.

[black69]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kim_Howie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bob, the Comp series 850 cfm Carter carbs were on this car all of it's life. I am still looking for jets &amp; metering rods.Very hard to find. I have two sets lean &amp; fat. </div></div>

I just educated myself on the web, and read carter made a competion series thermoquad, discontinued in the mid 70s. pretty rare. just finished rebuilding 2 of the standard 780cfm ones. I think they are very cool, and that is why those competition one caught me eye. 2 separate floats in each (complex but cool!). For me, I saw these mostly as a chrysler thing, if you consider the 70-75 time frame. But competition series is good for any car make. There are numbers somewhere on how the phenolic body added horsepower on the mopar standard applications just by cooling down the fuel, it was substantial. Probably very improtant at the starting line. That 70 car was using every trick then to get the best horsepower.

yeah, I can see getting parts for that carb would not be fun. love the way that engine looks.

[Kim_Howie]

Bob, Jeff Stealy built the motor he really liked these carbs.

[black69]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kim_Howie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bob, Jeff Stealy built the motor he really liked these carbs. </div></div>

It looked like they were wrapping the fuel lines with something in that one old picture you posted. It tells me the theme was to keep the fuel temp down when you look at that and the carb choice. very cool. my new favorite carb choice.

[Kim_Howie]

Bob, there also was a cool can for ice to cool the fuel. On a hot day you will pick up 2 1000ths.

[Kim_Howie]

Looking for 33 OR 41 willys steel RACE car in trade. What do you have??