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echo: oldcars
to: JACK SCHWENDENER
from: ROY WITT
date: 1997-05-20 18:25:00
subject: 396

19 May 97 12:23, Hey Rocky! Jack Schwendener pulled 396 outta his hat!:
 JS>
 TC> DD>> What did Chevy put on cars like the 65 1/2 SS 396 then?  (I'm
 TC> DD>> reasonably sure they WEREN'T carbeurated).
 JS>
 TC>> They used 4 bbl Rochester carbs (Quadrajets), some 4 bbl Holley's,
 TC>> and the 427 even had three 2 bbls (Hollies) as an option in some
 TC>> bodies.
 JS>
 JS> You're right, they certainly were carbureted, not injected ...
 JS>
 JS> I only remember the tri-power coming in the 'vette ....
They used the same carburators as the rest of the line. Just depended on the 
HP rating.  The tri-power didnt' come until 1967 on the 427, I think.
Before that, the only other 3 duece I remember was on the 348's in 58 and 59, 
maybe 60...
... At this rate, you'll define the BS in BBS....
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