<VV> two two-barrels

[Joel McGregor]

Fuel injection is the way to go but if you are looking at carbs a more sophisticated one would be the 1/2 Quadrajet.  I can't remember what it's called.  They made them 2 ways.  One was the front two small barrels and one was split the other way.  It had a small first and a vacuum operated huge 2nd.  I've only seen one made this way and it was in a pile of carbs at a scrap yard.  Does anyone know what they came on?
I had or may still have a center mount 2 barrel manifold for non-140 engines that came with a 2CG on it.  I don't know the history of it.
Joel McGregor

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From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org [virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] on behalf of jwcorvair at aol.com [jwcorvair at aol.com]
Subject: Re: <VV> two two-barrels

 True, even old efi systems can work much better than carbs, particularly in a system where the carbs are old and were not originally intended for performance. These carbs are not much more sophisticated than our HVs, two throats instead of one. These carbs were pretty common on quite a few GM vehicles, everything from Vegas to Firebirds - just about anything that had a small engine requiring minimal carburation. Several sites offer information about tuning the 2CGs for racing, which is not the same as for the street. The ubiquitous nature of these carbs got me wondering if anyone had played with them.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled thread about anitsneeze.

Joe