Best Weber Progressive 2 barrel

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Sorry, no weber knowledge.... but..
For a cheap upgrade to make a 225 slant wake up, cut the head .100 and add the super six (2bbl intake and carb). There are 2 outlet sizes on the exhaust manifolds (that I found). Use the larger (2" ??) and run a 2 1/4 exhaust pipe off of that.

Done this twice and man what a difference.
 
there's no 2x 2 bbl intakes available for a slant?

what a missed opportunity.

I'm not the biggest holley fan for street tuning, but a friend of mine swears by the "economizer" 390 4 bbl for all his 318 builds.
Offy made a 2 x 1 bbl...not sure on 2 x 2 bbl.
Awhile back I had the idea of taking an aluminum intake, blocking the carb entrance off, then opening the side up and somehow mounting an EFI throttle body (junkyard donor, anything common) there. This would eliminate the 90* turn, and convert the intake to direct port style EFI (after welding in bungs,etc.). Haven't followed up on it any further, though.
 
32/36 Weber would be best, ran one on my slant six, when it would idle you couldnt even tell it was on. Idling around 350-400 Rpm. Since your using an early a body 63-66 it is very easy to adapt to the stock rod linkage. due to the way it mounts. on a 170 would run great.

Edelbrocks are good right out the box but not set up for a slant. If you plan to use an edelbrock 500cfm carb Use 0.83 Jets 058x052 metering rods, and .077 Secondaries.

Holley 390's Run lean on a slant 225 with stock Calibration on a 170 might be just right.
 
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Rusty if you run a super six intake you can have a clean set up using an early a body gas pedal set up, you just have to drill a couple holes but they are already there for you. 64-66 v eight cars or slant six cars with factory air. Using the later gas pedals is a ***** because of the difference in floor pans you will not be able to give full throttle with out hitting the floor first.
 
Just get it running the way it is first then throw a 2bbl on it later after you gather all your parts. I doubt you notice much difference without other mods. I spent time and money on a leaning tower once and was unimpressed with the performance. I’m glad I did it and had a lot of fun but If I do it again it will be with a turbo. I used a bbd and it ran great, As far as single barrel carbs go I liked the bbs better than the Holley. I always wanted to try a dual bbs setup
 
Just get it running the way it is first then throw a 2bbl on it later after you gather all your parts. I doubt you notice much difference without other mods. I spent time and money on a leaning tower once and was unimpressed with the performance. I’m glad I did it and had a lot of fun but If I do it again it will be with a turbo. I used a bbd and it ran great, As far as single barrel carbs go I liked the bbs better than the Holley. I always wanted to try a dual bbs setup

I am not going to mod the 170 at all. The two barrel is for the 225 I plan to build and swap in at a later date.
 
The only reason I choose a Weber is because the throttles work the same as the 1 bbl.'s. On a A100 van I had to use what worked best for the conversion and keep it simple. So a couple of fabbed up brackets and I'm using a "Go-Kart" cable. You gotta use what works!
 
there's no 2x 2 bbl intakes available for a slant?

what a missed opportunity.

I'm not the biggest holley fan for street tuning, but a friend of mine swears by the "economizer" 390 4 bbl for all his 318 builds.
Yes, the newest Cliffy offerings are 2 X 2bbl. progressives just as being discussed, they claim it's the best performing setup they've done.
 
Offy made a 2 x 1 bbl...not sure on 2 x 2 bbl.
The Offie 2x1 can be easily modified for 2x2 operation. The carb mount pads are large enough and can be redrilled.
Clifford also has a 2x2 webber system. They don't list the manifold separet but I would bet it could be bought as a stand alone.
 
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The Offie 2x1 can be easily modified for 2x3 operation. The carb mount pads are large enough and can be redrilled.
Clifford also has a 2x2 webber system. They don't list the manifold separet but I would bet it could be bought as a stand alone.
I switched from Weber to a Tragear! Apologies just couldn't resist!
 
Sorry, no weber knowledge.... but..
For a cheap upgrade to make a 225 slant wake up, cut the head .100 and add the super six (2bbl intake and carb). There are 2 outlet sizes on the exhaust manifolds (that I found). Use the larger (2" ??) and run a 2 1/4 exhaust pipe off of that.

Done this twice and man what a difference.

Do you have a large outlet slant exhaust manifold? I am looking for one.
 
32/36 Weber would be best, ran one on my slant six, when it would idle you couldnt even tell it was on. Idling around 350-400 Rpm. Since your using an early a body 63-66 it is very easy to adapt to the stock rod linkage. due to the way it mounts. on a 170 would run great.

Edelbrocks are good right out the box but not set up for a slant. If you plan to use an edelbrock 500cfm carb Use 0.83 Jets 058x052 metering rods, and .077 Secondaries.

Holley 390's Run lean on a slant 225 with stock Calibration on a 170 might be just right.

Can you tell me what adapter works with the 32/36 and the super six intake?
 
Guys, it's going to be a bit before I am done with the 225. The little 170 runs very well so I am going to do a couple of simple mods to it to pepe it up a little. 2 barrel, bigger exhaust. Maybe a distributor recurve. Staying stock other than that.
 
Do you have a large outlet slant exhaust manifold? I am looking for one.
I think I got rid of all my /6 stuff..... I had super six intakes, exhaust manifolds, but I think that's all gone.
 
Can you tell me what adapter works with the 32/36 and the super six intake?

Run the 32/36 Progressive Webber on my 1835 cc vw dune Buggy. Love them, electric choke
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great starts, low speed idle screw, easy to change the jetting, can also pull the top off and redrill the 2 main jets if you need more fuel in your engine, air jets you can change there too.

Same carb as the 2.3 Ford Pintos used to run.

Progressive, runs on the smaller front one barrel, then mechanical linkage opens the secondary.

Opening that secondary all the time on the Buggy as a normal part of driving it. Good low torque out of that. Can be idling along in 3rd gear at 5 mph, step on it and open up the secondary and it walks right out of it all the way up to 60 mph.

This is one area we would buy the brand new carbs so they run nice, used ones were always clogged up.

All kinds of 32/36 webber progressive carbs and adapter kits for sale on Ebay averaging 250.00
 
Here is another tip for you on the 32/36 progressive Carbs.

The stock vw engines came with a lame dinky one barrel that would never run right. Adapted over the Chrysler 1 bbl from the slant sixes and the whole tone of the engine would deepen giving it the fuel it needs, and idled perfect.

Same on the big cam big displacement vw engines, 1835 cc 1915 cc ported and headers.

Then we swapped in the Progressives 32/36 upped the jetting, better peformance yet and now we have the secondary to open up for added power too on top of how nice it was running.

Nice simple setup, adjustability and works very well.

We used to have to go in and change the jetting for the different elevations we were running at the different locations around the United States. Too rich, too lean, we could dial them right in.

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Picture is of the higher elevation St. Anthony Sand Dunes near Rexburg Idaho.
 
Can you tell me what adapter works with the 32/36 and the super six intake?
This is all the Weber related sites I have, it's in one of if not a couple somewhere. Also jet & meter kits, all kinds of cool stuff. Good Luck
Top End Performance - Weber Carbs and Parts. Genuine Made in Spain Webers and Weber Redline Kits. All Tuning parts and accessories.
Weber carburetor Authentic Weber Carbs, Manifolds, Conversion Kits!
Weber Carburetors Carbs 40 DCOE 45 DCOE 32/36 32/34 Jeep
 
Hey Rob, I talked to a guy on Facebook a while back that cut a Carter Thermoquad in halve with a hacksaw(yes, a hacksaw) and made his own progressive two barrel for his slant six.
 
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