Re: [Chrysler300] Carter carb identification query

[Rich Barber <barber@xxxxxxxxx>]

Aussie Christopher:

No help on the carb or alignment questions, but appreciate your sharing 
your excitement in driving your (real) 300C and stirring up the other 
blokes.

If you will tell us what petrol costs you currently, it may ease our 
pain. Unleaded gasoline in central California runs about $US 2.259/US 
Gallon. This is $AU 3.27055/USGallon or $AU 0.86408/liter. It seems 
petrol was selling for about that down under some years back. What is it 
now? It looks like we can multiply $AU/liter by 2.6143 to get 
$US/USGallon at an exchange rate of 0.69071.

California puts sales tax on top of wholesale price and state and 
federal tax, so is reaping extra tax $ from the higher price.

Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA

christopher beilby wrote:

>"what the hell is that?" - that was the (amazed/pleased) response to some 
>people seeing my red (1957) 300C here in South Australia on your Memorial 
>Day - it back on the road after chasing a really bad engine noise that 
>sounded like a cracked piston/skirt.
>6 months later, a welded hair crack in the passenger side exhaust manifold, 
>and a few other things, and it is blowing people away visually - most have 
>no idea what it is, but love it.  And apart from the woolly feeling 1957 
>power steering, what a ball to drive, I now parking my 6 series BM coupe 
>which is also fun to drive, but lacks that real 'punch in the back' power of 
>the 300C.
>
>2 Questions
>1) what are the better front end alignment settings that apparently some in 
>Club are aware of to make the car run truer - these different to the factory 
>specs?
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>2) as part of my for now dormant 'super 392 hot up', I obtained a Carter AFB 
>that I thought may suit the Weind 2 4bbl alloy Manifold I am to use, but it 
>is smaller than need.
>It is seemingly the second 4bbl of a twin set up, as it has no choke.  The 
>numbers stamped in the front flange are 3258 S, then underneath not as deep 
>M 5. Anyone have a code book to tell me what it is off?  Unusually compared 
>to other AFBs, looking down the front throats, the venturis come from the 
>side.
>
>Better go - I cannot believe my car was off the road for so long finding 
>time to fix about three (semingly) small things - message is keep them cars 
>on the road, get motivated if they are not?!!
>
>All the best from oz, petrol prices here going through the roof, damp roads 
>really lighting up rear tyres under power.
>
>aussie christopher
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