1957 283/270hp dual quads drag testing on a 350

Greg Reimer 7376 · 09-05-2009, 06:01 PM

Thirty-five years ago,I had a red .62 Impala hardtop with a 348/250 horse W motor with a 4 speed and 3.70 gears. It also had a WCFB, and I remember that doing performance driving(was there any other kind?)if you cornered hard, the carb would do a big lean-out on one side only.The engine felt like half of it ran out of gas,because it did. I never had the carburetor apart, it always seemed to run fine otherwise.Later, an AFB went on to replace it, more power,less gas mileage, but the WCFB was around for a while in the garage. I couldn't have imagined road racing a Corvette with it, but I guess that's just what some teams did. A few years later, I came across a 65 Impala convertible, 327/250 horse with a 3 speed on the column(remember those?) and it too had a WCFB. Seemed that the stick cars had the WCFB and the Powerglide cars had the 4 jet. If someone wants to see something amazing, Angelo De Carlo's Super Stock 63 Vette, 327/250 has a WCFB. Car got into the 9's at Indy. There's still got to be people who can make this work. Good luck,it's an interesting induction system.

09-05-2009, 06:01 PM	#11
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,136 Likes: 172 Liked 705 Times in 219 Posts	Re: 1957 283/270hp dual quads drag testing on a 350 Thirty-five years ago,I had a red .62 Impala hardtop with a 348/250 horse W motor with a 4 speed and 3.70 gears. It also had a WCFB, and I remember that doing performance driving(was there any other kind?)if you cornered hard, the carb would do a big lean-out on one side only.The engine felt like half of it ran out of gas,because it did. I never had the carburetor apart, it always seemed to run fine otherwise.Later, an AFB went on to replace it, more power,less gas mileage, but the WCFB was around for a while in the garage. I couldn't have imagined road racing a Corvette with it, but I guess that's just what some teams did. A few years later, I came across a 65 Impala convertible, 327/250 horse with a 3 speed on the column(remember those?) and it too had a WCFB. Seemed that the stick cars had the WCFB and the Powerglide cars had the 4 jet. If someone wants to see something amazing, Angelo De Carlo's Super Stock 63 Vette, 327/250 has a WCFB. Car got into the 9's at Indy. There's still got to be people who can make this work. Good luck,it's an interesting induction system.