I finally got the Buick!

[76zimmer]

Of you do facebook…

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[ZooMad75]

That's interesting I noticed the little idle screws but not the giant choke blade on one.

Every dual quad I've ever setup has been even linkage with no chokes because for the most part they supply the runners right under them, so if you start making it come in later you may be making those cylinders lean. And a dual quad setup isn't really a winter setup, I usually use the HP style carbs with no choke tower. The receipt showed two of the same carb so they must of removed the choke from one, I'd probably remove it from the other one too. The linkage appears to have the same ratios as all 4 arms appear to be the same length, plus if they have different ratios you would need a slider or something to let the linkage start to move without moving the 2nd carb as they would have different travel amounts.

Factory stock multi carb setups from GM like the early small block setups in 56/57, 348/409 tri power and the poncho tri power setups ran a choke on one carb and progressive linkage. Usually the center carb on a 3 deuce had the choke. But you are right the full race setups ditched chokes and fully synchronized linkage. I think cross ram setup 302’s were.

But I totally get the idea to keep it stock. It’s still rowdy if that video is any indication!