Fuel Pump in earlier V8s

[pasini s]

Hello,

I must make some amendments to what I wrote about the Edelbrocks several months ago. The difference in linkage from the standard Carter was not as little as I thought initially and, though the 1403 was quite good, the kick-down never worked well and arrangement was awkward. At the end I found that rebuilding the original Carter 3249 (once again, but this time with a brand-new quality kit) was enough to have a good result. Then the engine blew, and now that I am waiting to get the parts from the US I have also bought a brand-new Carter 3131S (NOS, never installed) and I'll have this one rebuilt too and fitted to the 318. BUt the Edelbrocks were good, well built and worked well.

Cheers

Stefano

[Claude]

I found a vendor on EBay that offers the Edelbrock carb for $199, and then includes setting it up for the car. He has asked for the following information. If someone can provide me with the ones that I mark with underline, I would appreciate it. Thanks Claude

TYPE OF CAR OR TRUCK........Bristol
WEIGHT.........._____________
CUBIC INCHES: 400
ALTITUDE YOU LIVE AT........ sea level
GEAR RATIO.............. _____________
TYPE OF TRANSMISSION.............727 Chrysler automatic
CAM SIZE............ ____________
HEADER TYPE AND SIZE............ _______________
MAX RPM'S............. factory redline or less which is __________

[GREG]

Why not send these questions to Bristol Cars ?

Just a thought !

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by GREG

Why not send these questions to Bristol Cars ?

Maybe because they have a service department which they would understandably like to stay in business by servicing cars and selling parts, rather than offering free advice to people who want to bypass them and buy their parts on ebay

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by Claude

CUBIC INCHES: 400

Shouldn't that be 383 or have you changed the engine?

Max RPM is probably 5200 for the 383, but it you do have a 400 I'd say 5000 to be on the safe side.

Gear Ratio probably means the final drive and I believe a couple of different options were available, but most likely 3.07

Weight - 1 ton, 13 cwt (imperial)

Headers will presumably be standard 4 into 1 cast iron but I don't remember whether they are rear exit or centre exit.

Haven't any idea about cam size.