My personal nightmare
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I must have done something bad wrong in my past. 
wristpin
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Im not sure which level of hell it is but French cars gotta be getting close.I must have done something bad wrong in my past.
Speaking as one who has worked on both,French cars are the worst.
wristpin
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James is tall so he lays on his belly to work over the hood. I caught him talking about Impala and Bel Air trunks as "boots". He also said 409's run better with Weber dual throats.
Just after we got married my wife became enamoured with a 74-75 "Spriget" and said that she wanted one,to which I replied "Well you'd best learn how to fix one because I'm neither going to work on it nor am I going to pay somebody else to".That was the last that I ever heard about that.
Never thought about webers on a 409.
Come on Wristpin,every body knows that Weber carbs were an Itialian car thing.The Brit's were about SU's and Stromberg
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That's nice Keith, for some reason I have a different thought or should I say drive for a 409 engine.
Very Nice! Looks like they utilized a 2x4 intake.
So did I 
Now what 
I once worked with a guy, that had a MGB-GT. He thought it was the Cat's Meow.
I thought it was the Cat's Litterbox.
He was having problems with the carbs. He tried picking my brain. I think they were SU's, I told him, "I don't know anything about them" I did tell him they were complicated.
Couple days later, he bring' s them to work. He wants me to supervise Him, while he takes them apart. I told him NFW. He got pissed at me, and said screw you, I'll do it myself. I told him, Bob don't do it.
He starts taking things off the carb, and a spring and a washer go "Bling" right over his shoulder. 
Must have gone into the Twilight Zone, because he never found them
Then he blamed me.
I told you, Bob, don't mess with it. He stayed pissed at me for quite a while. Finally after a couple weeks , he asked me, if I wanted to go out to lunch. Sure. Couldn't stay mad at him. He was just a headstrong college kid. I asked him, how he made out, with the carbs, and he ignored me.
His daily driver was a Volkswagen Rabbit. Another UGH!
RIP- B.W.
I thought it was the Cat's Litterbox. He was having problems with the carbs. He tried picking my brain. I think they were SU's, I told him, "I don't know anything about them" I did tell him they were complicated. Couple days later, he bring' s them to work. He wants me to supervise Him, while he takes them apart. I told him NFW. He got pissed at me, and said screw you, I'll do it myself. I told him, Bob don't do it. He starts taking things off the carb, and a spring and a washer go "Bling" right over his shoulder. Must have gone into the Twilight Zone, because he never found themThen he blamed me. I told you, Bob, don't mess with it. He stayed pissed at me for quite a while. Finally after a couple weeks , he asked me, if I wanted to go out to lunch. Sure. Couldn't stay mad at him. He was just a headstrong college kid. I asked him, how he made out, with the carbs, and he ignored me.His daily driver was a Volkswagen Rabbit. Another UGH! RIP- B.W.
wristpin
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Those SUs were pretty good carbs. They were simple Contant Velocity carbs pretty much like BMW Bing carbs. A big version of Mikuni or Keihin CVs. Problem with SUs was the slide/piston was same material as body so they wore each other out evenly. Those dual throat Webers were pretty good on harleys and the Del orto dual throats were as smooth as fuel injection if set up properly. Id like a SU, Weber or Delorto for my shovel.
How big of weber does it take for one of these twins?
wristpin
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For a harley twin?...36mm. Looks like your project is 38mm? But it depends on how healthy the engine too. Had buddy with 96" Pan who had 36 or 38 weber.
This one has 32 chokes in it.