snwbrderphat540

so, im fairly sure my carbs are gonna be shitty since the slides on them were almost frozen in one place. i got that worked out but i still have a feeling they are gonna be crap. also i dont want to balance them and they are the crappy hitachi ones that SUCK. so in IL here there is a guy who is selling an arizona Z car 4barrel manifold for 100 bucks. good deal since it was never opened or used. then sell my T5 tranny get a new 4 barrel holley carb setup. spend the 60 dollars for the low pro filter linkage and retainer adn then INSTALL TIME. its electronic choke, tunes better, dont need to be balanced, and imsure flows much better and more realiable. i came to terms that im not gonna be swapping in any motor of my choice for at least a year. so might as well make the best of my motor now without pooring money into it of coarse. so i searched and all i found about this was us telling thxone not to go from EFI to carb. i wanted opinions from you guys, on what yah think. ever hear anythign about this setup befor? i know all the pro's to it, but havent found any cons yet. and the conversion is very easy and im actually eager to do it. cleans up the engine bay ALOT as well. oh yeah, and anybody got a holley 4 barrel carb with electric choke for sale? not needing a rebuild. lol.

wreckedj30

so your getting a 4bbl intake manifol an dyou want a holley carb? thats what that long *** post was about?...G's someone needs to learn how to summerize..lol....I don't no about electric carb. but i can get one manual.....

snwbrderphat540

well who cant. lol. im looking for a 390 cfm flow rate. anything more might be a bit much untill i get more spark and like a cam going. i know it was long. but to smmarize, i want peoples tak eon the 4bbl conversion.. what they heard/ecperienced. good idea bad idea you know

wreckedj30

390, g's that a little, sorry your sol, on that...I can get you like a 600 but i don't think its an eletric choke...but yeah look at summit racing..And sorry this is my first z car besides the j30.....So unless you want info about a ford straight 6, with a 4bbl carb....i got nothing.

theramz

I' ve never used one but the only draw back I see is the distance from the primary and especially the secondaries to the middle cylinders compared to the #1 and #6 cylinders. You will need a low profile air cleaner too.

thxone

I talked with a guy from Arizona Z cars and he said their manifold doesn't have the fuel starvation problems that other 4bbl manifolds have. FYI: You can get a bigger Holly Carb, say like a 600cfm if you want, just change the jets on it, you can order whatever jets you like...you can make it a 390cfm if you want, you can have them all the same or you can make the secondaries bigger than the primaries or visa versa, it is up to you. I still think it is a good idea to go carbed on the ZX and may still do so. Like this:

L28E
4bbl AZC intake ported, polished, and ceramic coated
P79: with head work and stage 2 cam; MSA
F54: Cleaned and bored over 1 size
Header: Ceramic coated with 2 1/2 inch exhaust
BW T5
R-200 3.54:1

If I want to go any faster I will get a 1996-98 Cobra and put a Kenn Bell on it.

snwbrderphat540

IM FAWKIN PISSED... the buy that sold me his 4bbl manifold from arizona zcar. yeah had me get all this done all that done i made arrangements for a carb even and the linkage. his friend was supposed to bring it to me yesterday i belive. jackass doesnt email me today saying... oh... i sold it to my friend instead cuase he decided he wanted it after alll. if i ever meet this dude im gonna lynch his *** cuase im sick of people pussing out on ****ing premeditated plans and commitments. so now im gonna hope my carbs do work, start saving and just make or buy a supercharger setup for this carbed car. that or save and get an l28et and swap. but i dont know yet. either way, that *** turned my amazing day into **** in 1.3 seconds flat.

wreckedj30

lol, that sucks bro...why don't you just go cheap and get that kit i posted up earilier...it was an n42 with all the computer crap and injectors and everything....it would be easier...anyways yeah punch that guy when you see him and see whatt it do!

ZChief

I had two previous z cars with the 4bbl conversion on them. The car I have now runs the 4 screw SUs. After running the SUs for a while, I prefer them over the 4bbl set up. Find a set of SUs and throw a rebuild kit in them from ZTherapy. Don't forget to buy the video and the synch tool.

dum-bass

Go buy a 3.8 eaton supercharger from ebay for a 100. bucks, fabricate a simple bracket to bolt it in place of your air conditioning compressor, fabricate a couple of pipes, add a fmu and there ya go! I did it a year ago After being provoked, prodded, and kicked in the *** by my Grand National buddies, Whoaa! Oh, and buy a book on supercharging

skittle

Please post pics and a walkthrough on how you did it. and you got the SC from a Thunderbird SC right???

snwbrderphat540

i think i might do this.. however i got an EFI engine now to trasplant in from a 2+2 82 zx soo should be a little easier now... yes post pics im intrigued

dum-bass

yes, and it works very well. i,ll get some pics up late tonight.

snwbrderphat540

and even a video would be sick.. cause i like this idea.. i despise S/C's but for what i have... its teh best way to go...

dum-bass

Attachment 5678why do you despise superchargers?

snwbrderphat540

cause... they are soo inefficient compared to turbochargers and the redneck pepole that dont know **** about cars always go... hahaha turbo... your gay go get a supercharger blah blah blah... its not so much the supercahrgers fault why i hate them... but you know.... and that picture did nothing for me. lol... i see no S/C i want to see it and hte barcket... dont tell me you did an install with out some sort of write up and picture follow along