04 Astro van 4.3, first timer needs advice

[SteveUnruh]

Right.
Three more carbureted be pain-in-the-ass to do in comparison to a nice EFI system.
Read here for the folks done-it, won’t do it again:

Carburetor hook up question... help wanted

Hey everyone, I bought the Wayne Keith book and am looking to build exactly to his specs after watching all the Teslonian and Flashifier videos. Teslonian was a jerk and wouldn’t give any help and Flash was great but couldn’t really offer any help for a bigger motor. WK was the only one I could find that was actually built to run a vehicle. My problem is that his book is primarily for a multi port fuel injection model but I have a carbureted 79 ford F-250 and I need help with how to get the fue…

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Plenum under carb setups

Hello all, I was wondering if there has been any discussion on plenums when carbs are used. I know those who have tried say it is not advisable to run woodgas through the carb because of sticking and clogging issues. Is there anything internally in the plenums that I should know about before I start building one.

As you say Research. And far easier to learn from others what not to do, and why.
Regards
Steve unruh