Hey Wayne awesome set up , my current project is a 59 Chevy 3100 with the original 235 and I was wondering how well those Carter carbs perform without heating the offenhauser intake , according to Langdons stovebolt web site he explains the importance of heating the intake via plumbing from the warmed coolant but I haven't been able to find any videos where this has been done and I'm thinking that maybe it would only be necessary in colder climates in any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated .
Tim Pope thanks for the compliment. The Carters are fantastic. I highly recommend them. I had to modify the 235 intake for the dual 216 sized carbs. What you don’t see in my video is the split exhaust manifold that is connected to the Offenhauser intake. I chose to split an original exhaust manifold instead of using headers for several reasons, one of which was the heat stove. The original heat stove warms the intake. I rebuilt the heat riser valve so it works correctly. I do think the heat is necessary at start up, but you could probably do without. I’ve heard of guys happily running without heat. Also, I found that I needed to connect the chokes on both carbs. One choke was not enough. Good luck.
@@holykingfish Thanks Wayne, I have the Fenton dual exhaust and they appear to have been designed to sit just underneath the Offenhauser intake so that the heat from the exhaust can warm the intake but I'm not sure, If possible could you do a video on the split manifold video set up you have or send me some pic's to tkpopewelder@gmail.com and again thanks for the info its will be put to good use !
@@ronsteltz7538 Thanks for your reply, I have recently ran my 235 on a run engine stand with a dual Rochester set up without a intake heater and it ran terrible one carb frosted up and would not run with both chokes open even after the exhaust manifolds heated up the intake it would not run with both carbs with chokes open causing it to accelerate to high rpm, If I continue I will need to install and intake heater and probably install the Carter carbs.
Come on who do you think you are kidding. Dual carbs. Cast iron intake manifold. I font see hoe this could posdibly be ad good as aluminum or plastic intake manifold plus feul injection. I should thinkoreodern methods would get more air fuel moxture into the engine. 2 valve engine. I yhink 4 valves or hemi would be better. What about bottom end of engine. How many main bearings. Modern engines have main bearing in-between crankshaft throws for connecting rods. Is the Chev 235 that way. Or does it have only 4 main bearings instead of modern 7.Maked a difference in how much horsepower you can push out of an engine. Well all right this probably is better than bone stock ,,235. But nowhere near the good midern stuff.
Hey Wayne awesome set up , my current project is a 59 Chevy 3100 with the original 235 and I was wondering how well those Carter carbs perform without heating the offenhauser intake , according to Langdons stovebolt web site he explains the importance of heating the intake via plumbing from the warmed coolant but I haven't been able to find any videos where this has been done and I'm thinking that maybe it would only be necessary in colder climates in any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated .
Tim Pope thanks for the compliment. The Carters are fantastic. I highly recommend them. I had to modify the 235 intake for the dual 216 sized carbs. What you don’t see in my video is the split exhaust manifold that is connected to the Offenhauser intake. I chose to split an original exhaust manifold instead of using headers for several reasons, one of which was the heat stove. The original heat stove warms the intake. I rebuilt the heat riser valve so it works correctly. I do think the heat is necessary at start up, but you could probably do without. I’ve heard of guys happily running without heat. Also, I found that I needed to connect the chokes on both carbs. One choke was not enough. Good luck.
@@holykingfish Thanks Wayne, I have the Fenton dual exhaust and they appear to have been designed to sit just underneath the Offenhauser intake so that the heat from the exhaust can warm the intake but I'm not sure, If possible could you do a video on the split manifold video set up you have or send me some pic's to tkpopewelder@gmail.com and again thanks for the info its will be put to good use !
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@@timpope1221 Langdon's recommends and sell a water heat adapter. I have it on my 1954 235.
@@ronsteltz7538 Thanks for your reply, I have recently ran my 235 on a run engine stand with a dual Rochester set up without a intake heater and it ran terrible one carb frosted up and would not run with both chokes open even after the exhaust manifolds heated up the intake it would not run with both carbs with chokes open causing it to accelerate to high rpm, If I continue I will need to install and intake heater and probably install the Carter carbs.
Come on who do you think you are kidding. Dual carbs. Cast iron intake manifold. I font see hoe this could posdibly be ad good as aluminum or plastic intake manifold plus feul injection. I should thinkoreodern methods would get more air fuel moxture into the engine. 2 valve engine. I yhink 4 valves or hemi would be better. What about bottom end of engine. How many main bearings. Modern engines have main bearing in-between crankshaft throws for connecting rods. Is the Chev 235 that way. Or does it have only 4 main bearings instead of modern 7.Maked a difference in how much horsepower you can push out of an engine. Well all right this probably is better than bone stock ,,235. But nowhere near the good midern stuff.
All of this would be true if you were building a car. I however, built a time machine back to the 50s. Thanks for watching. Have a good day.