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| History of the Autolite 4100 4V carb |
| By Ed Jenkins - 05/22/2001 11:54:47 PM; IP 207.179.215.169 |
1957 was the very first year, in 1957 it ( the 600 CFM version) was used on 312 V8's, in 1958 a special version was created and only used on the Mercury "383 High Torque" engine it flowed 669 CFM ( not for bad for a factory stock carb! ). in 1963 another special version was made the " High Performance 4100" affectionately nicknamed the 4100 HI PO it flowed 600 CFM and featured a manual choke (except the 63-64 Fairlanes, 63 Meteors and 64 Comets which had automatic chokes). This carb was used from 1963 to 1967. It was used on Fairlanes, Comets, Meteors, Mustangs, (was also used as a service replacement in 1967) and Shelby Hertz cars. In 1964 1/2 the smaller 480 CFM version was introduced, and the 480 is the only size 4V carb used on the 289 except for the HI PO 289 engines which featured the HI PO 4100. The Autolite 4100 was used on 289's, 352's, 390's and 428's until 1966 and on a few 428's through 1968 ( virtually all Ford cars of the late 50's, and mid 60's that had 4V carbs from the Factory had Autoite 4100's. The Autolite 4300 ( latter to become the Motor craft 4350) replaced the 4100 in 1967 due to increased emissions requirements.
The regular 600 CFM version was used on 352's, 390's, and 428's possibly a Mercury 410, or even some 360's too but I don't know for sure. The 600 CFM version was used also in Full sized Fords and Mercurys.
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