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05-23-2007, 01:27 AM
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Re: ZL1 items
send them to me William... [email protected]
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05-23-2007, 04:54 AM
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Re: ZL1 items
Intersting...
Anyone else notice the carburetors in those pics of the #3 and #5 car (assuming they are in fact #'s 3 and 5) They still have their factory-installed 4346 carbs instead of the 4296 units. (FWIW...whaddayaexpect from a carburetor guy anyhow?!?  )Eric
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#16
05-23-2007, 05:11 AM
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Re: ZL1 items
Nice catch on the carbs. I wonder why those carbs are installed on ZL1s. The vette also looks to have a aluminum water outlet.
Jason
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05-23-2007, 05:28 AM
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Re: ZL1 items
That is #3 for sure. Notice the missing nut on the upper alt bracket stud.
It is highly likely that is #5 based on it being a dark color automatic and the mention that it went to Shay Nichols. Gibb sold the #2 car shortly after he received it. The #5 test was reviewed 30 years later by the original writer, Ro McGonegal in the June 1998 Hot Rod. He mentioned the car was built with a "vacuum secondary" carb and they swapped an 850, making traction worse. DH managed an 11.64/122 out of it with lousy traction-it was cold, early in the year as Gibb is wearing a top coat and the trees in the background are bare. I guess #5 still exists but there is not much left.
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05-23-2007, 05:42 AM
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Re: ZL1 items
[ QUOTE ]
Nice catch on the carbs. I wonder why those carbs are installed on ZL1s....Jason [/ QUOTE ] I've heard several stories as to why the first cars were equipped with 4346 carbs instead of 4296's. 1) There was some sort of tuning issue with the 4296 carbs which delayed their release -and- 2) There was an interference issue with the air cleaner base and the secondary pump lever on the 4296 carbs that had to be resolved before they could be installed. I'm not saying either story is credible, they're just the most plausible ones I've personally heard so far. Eric
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05-23-2007, 05:58 AM
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Re: ZL1 items
An OE flat-bottom duct hood air cleaner has a vent tube with a 90º bend. The tube will contact the rear pump on a DP carb. Later vent tubes have 2 45º bends.
Notice the #3 car has a metal heater hose clamp; #5 built minutes later has a ty-wrap.
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