Scout carb question

[Destroyer]

My buddy is looking for a carb for his scout, i was wondering if a carb off a chevy will fit? They are both 2 barrels.

 

[DOSS]

what motor is on the scout.. 4 cyl 152 196 V8 ? oddball 6 ? then we will also need to know what carb you are talking about.. is this like a 2 bbl off a Vega or?

 

[Brad J]

I would think so.

 

[jackjoh]

I had to rebuild my Scout ll carb on the 345 V8 about every 5 or 6 years until I lowered the float and then no problems with the stock carb. My son-in-law put a Holly on his and had nothing but problems. He then used an after market throttle body and his problems went away. No experience with a GM swap.

 

[scoutabout]

I've heard of a lot of people using Ford Motorcraft 2100 carbs, but not GM carbs. Could work, but might not be optimal. The CFM rating for the Holley 2300 on a 304/345 is around 375, which is below what most 350's would use.

I have a modern Holley 2300 (center float) on one of my Scouts and I did all the mods to it similar to the 4-bbl truck avenger version. It works great.

 

[Destroyer]

It has the 304, he has a holley on it now but it runs real bad and the screw for the float is striped and gas leaks out there. The carb i was looking at is a truck advenger and is on a chevy 350.

 

[Cherokeester]

Truck Avenger is a 4b carb so would need an adapter or a change on the intake. There is a guy selling a 670 Truck Avenger on the forum but that is probably to big for an IH 304.

 

[Destroyer]

Ill tell him to keep looking then, how good do them adapters work to go from a 4 barrel carb to a 2 barrel intake?

 

[scoutabout]

Not well. Pretty much any 4bbl carb is going to be too much for the 304. Get a Holley 2300 or find a Motorcraft 2100.

 

[Corban_White]

scoutabout speaks the truth.

 

[Destroyer]

Ok thanks you guy are a great help, we will start looking for one of them carbs.