I remember reading some on them in magazines and what not. What was the general consensus on them? Never seemed to hear about them that much but I'm a young guy too.
I remember reading some on them in magazines and what not. What was the general consensus on them? Never seemed to hear about them that much but I'm a young guy too.
As far as Predators go, my bro had one for a short while. It ran good enough, but really didn't add anything to te car. A different idea for sure, but it really didn't work that well.
A buddy of mine used to run one on a big block Nova,he seemed to like it.Were these the same as the old Kendig carbs they used to try and run on some of the old Pro stock cars in the 70's...
A guy i use to work with had one of those on a sbf in a mud truck. They loved it and said it was great out of the box compared to the holleys they had tried. But that was like 15yrs ago
i ran that type of carb on my 68 camaro 427bbc back in the early 80's and dropped almost 3/10th in et from 12.60's running a holley 850dp to the predator at 12.30's .only thing was the lack of an accel pump on the one i had so it was hard to start in the morning when no fuel was puddled on the intake
I'm pretty sure when the predator came out it didn't have an accelerator pump until several years later. By then they had too bad of a reputation for cold start and/or hesitation to the point that it hurt sales.
Many years ago a friend rented the building where predator carbs was. When predator moved out, they left a lot of carbs and parts behind We had them for years then sold or tossed them
I have one just like it in my garage, I've had it for over 15 yrs and never put it on anything. I need to get a rebuild kit for it.
I wanted to put it on one of two Engine Masters Engines on the dyno to see what would happen, but we never got around to it.
I've heard they make a boat load of trq that would have been great for an EMC engine, I wanted to show up with one of those on an engine. I wonder if anyone has any back to back dyno info on them. ??
There's a guy who runs a boat with two of those on the T/R he really likes them. He says the boat is far more consistent with them on vs the Holley's.
They’re a great carb, too simple for some people who just aren’t happy unless their carb is full of voodoo. With the rectangular throat and central spray-bar discharge nozzle, they share some elements of design with the 1685HB Holley used on the Wright R-2600 used in B-25 Mitchell bombers.
They are sensitive to too much fuel pressure because the single float inlet valve has to be large (compared to a Holley with two inlets) in order to flow enough fuel for the air capacity/HP. Like most carbs, a large inlet and low pressure is better than a small inlet with higher pressure, both delivering the same amount of fuel.
I knew a guy that had one on a 76 Vette. Like someone said, sensitive. He swapped it out for a Holley, and had better luck tuning his car. Ofcourse he probably didnt know WTF he was doing. lol
I had one in the Nova YEARS ago. I always like to be different and try new things. It pulled and ran great but when it was cold it was tough to get going.
A buddy of mine has one,he has used it on a couple smallblocks.He never had any major problems,but to use it on the street he had to buy something for it (something for the idle ?)
I tried one out for a few weeks, back in the 80's. It generated a ton of initial torque, but it actually cost me 1/4 mile mph over the Holley I'd been using. Take care. Tom Worthington.
Yeah lots of mud trucks and monster trucks ran them because they could be shook up and put on all sorts of angles and not leak or flood or something if I remember right.
Ya', that was supposed to be the deal, were supposed to be good for the off road guys because of the float design. I've never used one. Just what I remember hearing back in the day...
This subject always brings back old memories for me. Willie Kendig (who you are talking about) was my mentor. I met him when I was in high school (he had a speed shop in town) and he helped me tune my 34 Ford 5 window with a 48 merc in it. This was late 50's and I worked for him right out of high school until I went into the USMC. We were friends and still are (he's still alive but barely).
He was and is a genius at mechanical things but a terrible businessman. He basicly got screwed out of the whole carb thing.
The "Dyno Don" deal in Pro Stock was an example. Holley protested the Kendig carb and said they would pull there sponsorship and contingentcies if NHRA did not reclassify the Kendig as fuel injection making it unable for Pro Stock. NHRA did just that.
I have several of the originals, including proto types and the original proto on alcohol.
They do make pretty good blow thru carbs with very little work if you do not excede the fuel flow. You can install a bowl extension to get duel inlets for fuel.
The current owner and manufacturer is on the East coast.
we had a pro street metropolitian with a pair of them on a 460.....ran alright, but the look was something the owner loved.... last seen in the chicago area
I had a pair on my tunnel ram on my 429 cobra jet back in the 80's. Like others have said the top end wasn't as good as the low end torque. I'd like to mess with one today now that I know more about fuel mixtures and have the equipment to monitor it.
i have one of those carbs at my dads house. it has been in his shop on the shelf for as long as i can remember
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