84 shelby charger looking to upgrade the carb
I have an 84 carb 2.2 shelby charger. Was wondering about putting a Weber on it and some one told me about a manifold that was made for 2 carbs. Anyone have one or know about them? Also heard about a supercharger made for it. What about that? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
I would NOT change the carb until it turns into junk. I put a 32/36 Weber on mine at the beginning of the year and it only picked the car up about .2 second in the 1/4. I ended up with the same jets that I was using in the Holley.
[SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]47 Time NHRA/IHRA drag race champ-----84 Plymouth Horizon/1 of 84 HO equipped from the factory/1910 lbs, 2.5 with carb, nearly 315,000 miles-----04 SRT4/S2 with S3 turbo/12.17 @ 119/DOTs/93 Octane/SOLD-----2003 PT Cruiser GT, won a True Street class at the 2017 National Muscle Car Association World Street Finals-----2010 Toyota Prius/my delivery truck, 77.9 mpg best and NOT A PLUG IN, nearly 230,000 miles and way over 5600 miles per month! [/COLOR][/SIZE]
You won't need a dual carb manifold unless you do some serious work to the engine to need that kind of airflow.
Many have had good results switching to the 32/36 carbs, experiencing improved reliability, drivability and performance with very little, if any tuning.
Angelo, picking up .2 on a N/A car with a carb change is pretty spectacular I would think.
Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
Thanks for the info. I will look into it.
Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
There were three upgrades available through Mopar back in the day.
One was the dual carb manifold that spoolinhard provided a link to. This manifold was for dual stock Holleys or you could mount dual Weber 32/36s on it. I have one of these manifolds that is NOS and never used.
The second option was a manifold for dual Weber side draft carbs. The downside to this is the sidedraft Webers are pretty expensive (I believe they are DCOE Webers). I have this manifold also.
The third option was the MP supercharger kit. Sometimes these can be found on ebay though in general they are pretty hard to come by.
Not sure what your intentions are with your Shelby Charger, but decent power can be made with some small changes. See my project log that Mike provided a link to.
[B]Scott[/B] 86 GLHS #408 88 Shadow ES 92 Spirit R/T 04 SRT-4
It doesn't get very good gas mileage now and I think the carb is not working very well. Found a 32/32 on ebay for 289.00 Looking to hop it up alittle and get better gas mileage at the same time.
I have a weber 32 36 on my Turismo along w ported head and oversized valves and I see 23 to 25 mpg in local driving and 30 on the highway. I think I could get better hwy mpg if I made longer trips
[B]Scott[/B] 86 GLHS #408 88 Shadow ES 92 Spirit R/T 04 SRT-4
32 36 dfev is what I am using. It is listed as a direct replacement for the holley 5200.
[B]Scott[/B] 86 GLHS #408 88 Shadow ES 92 Spirit R/T 04 SRT-4
If I were to stay with one Weber carb what is the correct one to get. There are lots of 32/36 carbs to pick from. Thanks
Thanks scott, I will look into it.
The Weber 32/36 DFEV is the one you're after.
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