1965 Valiant slant-6 225 carburator

So I figured I'd give an update.... IT RUNS NICE!!!

Carburetor #1: came on the car. Pictures posted earlier. Problems described earlier. Didn't Idle at all. Ran GREAT at WOT;-)

Carburetor #2: I stumbled upon a FREE "Motorcraft 2100" Carb of some sort. I bolted that on (swapping throttle plate shaft & linkage from Carburetor #1) and it ran very well, except it seemed to have a bad accelerator pump. This had a slightly smaller venturi, though both carburetors are stamped 1.08 on the side. They had the same size throttle plates. I think I lost some top-end ooompf, as expected. But now it IDLED nice. For the life of me I could not find the correct rebuild kit for the accelerator pump of this unknown version of the Motorcraft 2100. I even transplanted (parts) of the Carburetor #1's accelerator pump. Never did understand why that didn't work.. but...

Carburetor #3: I decided to spend the $200+ on a remanufactured carb. I read that remanufactured carbs are are not very high quality. There seems to be some truth to that! You get what you pay for. I decided to "pretend" I owned a 1982 Ford Granda 323 V6 with an automatic transmission (similar weight and engine size) and ordered a carb for that car. Bolted that on and it works great. But... the 1.08 stamped on the side of the body (like the other two) but this one had a NOTICEABLY smaller venturi and smaller throttle plates too. I'm wondering if this one is actually 1.08 and Carb #1 & #2 were actually re-manufactured and bored-out. Don't know. I lost more performance the high-end, of course. Also, the throttle linkage was a pain the butt because it was not bolt-on swappable with the old carbs (they updated the castings, etc.)... I'll spare you the details... But that said, it works great.

Now I can focus my attention on all the other parts of the car! (Later might to upgrade to a Holley 390 or something, but there are bigger fish to fry right now.