65S/C 427 side oiler.... am I wrong@$#%!

[ERA Chas]

Didn't the S/C's only have a single cathedral bowl Holley like the Comp cars?

From el's list:"1965 Cobra 427 S/C-CSX3001-CSX3053 Carburetor C5AF-9510-BE & BC or BD 780 CFM Holley List # 3155" Ron?

[computerworks]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

Didn't the S/C's only have a single cathedral bowl Holley like the Comp cars?

From el's list:"1965 Cobra 427 S/C-CSX3001-CSX3053 Carburetor C5AF-9510-BE & BC or BD 780 CFM Holley List # 3155" Ron?

Most of the S/Cs had 2 x4 on a medium riser (BC & BD). The Comp configuration was a single four barrel, BE (3255). This would have probably been the same set up if an S/C had a 1x4 fitted.

Most of the street 427s had 2x4 with most on a low riser (BJ and BK). Some had a 1x4 BV (3255-1),

I believe a few of the 428s came with a single Autolite carb.

(These are notes from prior threads on this topic)

[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by computerworks

Most of the S/Cs had 2 x4 on a medium riser (BC & BD). The Comp configuration was a single four barrel, BE (3255). This would have probably been the same set up if an S/C had a 1x4 fitted.

Most of the street 427s had 2x4 with most on a low riser (BJ and BK). Some had a 1x4 BV (3255-1),

I believe a few of the 428s came with a single Autolite carb.

(These are notes from prior threads on this topic)

Thanks. That's a bewildering assortment. Too much to ask-what are the differences among all those carbs? Like 3255 and 3255-1? BC / D / E / J / K / V's?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by computerworks

Most of the S/Cs had 2 x4 on a medium riser (BC & BD). The Comp configuration was a single four barrel, BE (3255). This would have probably been the same set up if an S/C had a 1x4 fitted.

Most of the street 427s had 2x4 with most on a low riser (BJ and BK). Some had a 1x4 BV (3255-1),

I believe a few of the 428s came with a single Autolite carb.

(These are notes from prior threads on this topic)

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

Thanks. That's a bewildering assortment. Too much to ask-what are the differences among all those carbs? Like 3255 and 3255-1? BC / D / E / J / K / V's?

Holley has a reference book on their carbs, and the # 3255 is listed as a factory carb for a 427 engine ( I assume a crate 427 MR engine). The 3255-1 was listed by Holley as a factory carb for a "race 427 Hi-Riser engine", both the 3255 and 3255-1's were rated as 780 cfm with the "leMans" bowls.

Early on, I believe the 427 comp cars were advertised as being equipped with Hi-Riser engines, although the vast majority of them as well the S/C's were equipped with either the medium risers or some with low risers. I believe there were a couple of cobra's that came equipped with high-riser heads, and I think the Turd had these heads at one point, as the Hi-Riser at one point was Ford's crate "Nascar" engine, and probably came with the 3255-1 carb, which is rarer of the 2. I believe both carbs are identical except for the List #.