409 headers for dragster

[Iowa 409 Guy]

Yikes, looks like my old girlfriend.

 

[Howard Hull]

I am rebuilding Ford 97s for the 8 carb manifold I am building . I just bought an ultrasonic cleaner. As you can see the carb on the right looks better . After two 15 minute session in the ultrasonic cleaner. And the brown solution is after 15 minutes of rusty carburetor screws in cleaner, the green color is what it looks like at first

 

[Howard Hull]

Here is the new linkage. Now the shaft is 3/8”. Made all new linkage arms and new ball bearings. This should work very smooth with eight carburetors. Still don’t have the new 8 carb manifold back . But busy rebuilding Stromberg 97s. Bought another 1/2 dozen and going to use the best one’s.

 

[Howard Hull]

Just got my 8 carb manifold back from the shop. Will show more pictures as available

 

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[La Hot Rods]

Interesting idea.

 

[Howard Hull]

This is with 8 97s, linkage about done and fuel line.

 

[Howard Hull]

8 Carb manifold on 409

 

[409Kid]

Cool project you’ve got there.

I made a set of 2” dragster zoomies for my nostalgia 23T altered back in the ‘80s to go on my Algon injected motor. Still have both. But sold the car years ago. I used my bench vise to square up the ends to stuff them in the flanges.

 

[Howard Hull]

Yes, a bench vise sounds like a clever way to square up an exhaust port. Is the injection for a 409? I would lie to try your Algon injection.
Howard