Does anyone have a Holley carby on their 3F petrol cruiser?

I don't have a Holley carbies and really don't like them because of their archaic nature. Just a suggestion here and I have been involved in this before.

It involves making and adapter plate to hold two carbies off the earlier Toyota Camry engines also some Holden Apollo had them too. These are beautiful carbies, well made, reliable, meter fuel exceptionally well and have two barrels and an automatic choke which works.

Because of the two smaller throats opening in a controlled fashion you have terrific low down control, torque and progression to higher speeds. The secondary throats will open when airflow is sufficient and it will get up an go.
These carbies gave fuel efficiency often better than the EFI models had so sholud work on yours. The combined action of the two will give more flow than a Holley.
The two Camry ones will allow the engine to rev well past the destruction of the engine though. One on a 2 litre Camry will easily rev to 6500, so two on yours will have ample up top as the total flow you require is far less. You may even get away with fitting one carby only as it will rev your engine to redline anyway, IF required,
A Holley will cause low down stumbling and hard to control torque.
I just don't understand why people follow the pack and think Holley, Harley, V8 Crummydore. The 3f does a good job, you don't want to down grade it with Yankee rubbish do you.
Americans pour fuel in to make it go, Japanese do it properly.

Gday Mate I had a 60 series with 3F motor and always wanted to upgrade the standard carby, all people seemed to offer was a holley, and I new that would mean a loss of low down torque for top end power (I wanted it the other way around) and a big loss in economy.

I was going to suggest a webber from a falcon or 6 cylinder cortina. They were good carbies. Also the 2lt escort carby was a good one, but there was a cracka that the modified guys chased that was a factory fit on the V6 ford capri. Whilst the capri motor was only 3lt this carby is renowned for its tunablity. They are still available from a specialist ford wreckers or brand new from the UK. It may be worth some investigation as I believe this would be a reliable option.

If all else fails you could always go with triple 40mm side draught Webbers chocked down to suit. It would sound great, but may be a PITA to keep in tune. Try the LCOOL toyota forum if you get stuck, they guys over there would have come up with a tried and tested solution.

Regards


Jas