Starting the Tri power build

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Starting the Tri power build

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

O ya !!! going to keep an eye on this one. Very cool.

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Well although they were the wrong Carbs they sure cleaned up nice, it's unfortunate I won't be able to use them.

-- Edited by pariscruiser64 on Sunday 23rd of June 2013 11:33:18 AM

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Well hit a bit of a snag in this build. As it turns out you can't just use any old rochesters, The correct Rochesters to use are the ones with 1 7/16 " bores.

I have outlined this and provided pictures here http://bobgetsresults.com/?page_id=335

Needless to say I am now waiting on a new pair of carbs with the correct bore size.

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Well finally got the right carbs ;) I also picked up some new studs for the intake and some valve covers.

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Sure do Sir, if you take a look at the first picture; in the large mess of parts you will see the Speedway motors Tri power kit along with linkage that will convert the outer two carbs and update the jets and internals of the center carb. I plan to document the entire process with step by step pictures so please bear with me.

rabbit64cs · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

We'll stay posted, have 2 tripower Setups with carbs mocked in place, ready for rebuilding and assembly.

thanks.....

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Yeah there are no Fuel bits, I have the carb currently on the car which is side port, the one in the picture that's side port, and the one that is rear port. I will be making all my own lines and will use the rear port carb until I can find another side port carb. As it goes it seems to be hard to find these side port small base 2GC's few and far between.

I may get some pictures posted tonight however no promises.

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

O.k. here is a picture of the secondary carb kit.

And here is a tease of what the finished product may look like . . .

mr409 · Addicted!

I guarantee after building and running and playing with a few tri power set ups-mainly on 348s the only carbs that work properly are correct tri power carbs not made up ones. They will never perform like the proper ones will I'm sorry to say. No small block Chev ever came with tri power anyway, better off running dual quads-it'll make more power and perform better.

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

You can also follow along with stacy Davids you tube two part video with the same kit. But its nice to follow along with a members step by step build and and real problems that might show up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF6AGb9glSs part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgbfNPBp-4 part 2

-- Edited by Beaumont4008 on Friday 5th of July 2013 12:32:03 PM

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

mr409 wrote:
I guarantee after building and running and playing with a few tri power set ups-mainly on 348s the only carbs that work properly are correct tri power carbs not made up ones. They will never perform like the proper ones will I'm sorry to say. No small block Chev ever came with tri power anyway, better off running dual quads-it'll make more power and perform better.

Well considering that the original Tri power carburetors where just modified 2gc's I don't see why aftermarket bits would be any different. Plus speedway motors being a reputable speed shop I can't see them tarnishing their reputation by offering a product that didn't do exactly what was advertised.

either way I don't have a "real" tri power to compare it to, so this build will be the best running tri power I will have ever driven ;)

Don't worry I'll let you know how awesome it is when I'm done.

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Here is a quick time lapse of the secondary carb rebuild I will be doing a video with audio in the future, but for now this will have to do . . .

http://blip.tv/testpilot/rochester-2gc-tri-power-secondary-carb-rebuild-6612458

follow the build here also:
http://bobgetsresults.com/?page_id=335

rabbit64cs · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

lots of good info here too..

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http://chevytripower.com/

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

There is a member (Checker) in Germany that just did one last year on a '65 283. He says it runs well:

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t54198449/1965-pontiac-parisienne-custom-sport-convertible-update/

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Well after a long day, I finally made some headway on the Tri-power. Tomorrow will be the fit and tune but today went well with the modifications.

here's a few pictures of the final results of today.

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Well snag number 2, turns out all three carbs have different size fuel line inputs, but I made some headway until I got to that point.

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

Don't worry I haven't given up! it's just been raining for weeks and life is getting in the way a usual!, I hope to have more posted after this coming weekend if the rain holds off!

pariscruiser64 · Veteran Member

O.k. So I have a slight fuel issue, as in the lack of it . . .

but even with it's low fuel it idles, well sort of

http://blip.tv/testpilot/first-run-of-the-tri-power-6626354