Re: [FWDLK] POINTS TO PONDER

[Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Lou!

It looks like the "white cast" appellation got created to differentiate 
the  zinc (white cast)  carb
from the aluminum 4-barrel carb, after the introduction of the AFB carb.

Funny that that article discussed the limited cfm of the WCFB carb, but 
did not mention its main
drawback:  the washing-out of its fuel bowl(s) during sharp, left-hand 
up-hill turning movements.

Neil Vedder




email4lou@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Excerpt from * How to Rebuild and Modify
> Carter/Edelbrock Carburetors *by Dave Emanuel
>  
> http://www.mre-books.com/sa130/index.html
> * * 
> *The Four-Barrel Era*
> Through the 1940s, life was good for the Carter Carburetor Company. It 
> continued to supply
> original equipment carburetors, but the introduction of mass-produced 
> eight-cylinder engines
> created a need for fuel and air handling capacity that exceeded the 
> capacity of a one-barrel
> carburetor. To answer the demand, Carter introduced the BBD 
> two-barrel, which made its debut beneath the hood of a DeSoto, a 
> Chrysler Corporation brand that was discontinued in November 1960. 
> This efficient carburetor, albeit with significant changes, was 
> produced until the early 1980s.
> The second and more important event—one that inexorably changed the 
> history of the carburetor—was the introduction of the world’s first 
> four-barrel. This original design, called the WCFB (for Will Carter 
> Four Barrel ), appeared atop the aging, Buick straight-eight engine.
>
>     Wayne Graefen wrote:
>     > There are multiple definitions of WCFB and I don't know that
>     anywhere
>     > in Carter literature was any one ever said to be the only one
>     nor was
>     > any other ever said to be wrong.
>     >
>     > I personally favor "William Carter Four Barrel" (after the
>     founder of
>     > the company)but many people prefer "White Cast Four Barrel"
>     (after the
>     > metal of the majority of the metal parts) and "Wrought Cast Four
>     > Barrel" was new to me upon seeing it on the list this morning.
>     >
>     > There were 21 of the 300D EFI cars built according to factory
>     > records. Thirty five has always been the total number of '58 Mopars
>     > discussed and rumored as having been built so that leaves 14
>     amongst
>     > DeSoto, Dodge and Plymouth as there definitely were no Imperials.
>     >
>     > Wayne G
>     >
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