Quad H Hudson?

[Deleted User]
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edited November -1 in HUDSON
Hello All,



I was at the Beloit Wisconsin Autorama car show today and among 4 other Hudsons we saw, there was a '51 4 Door Hornet that had "M TEAGUE" on Wisonsin plates, twin H-power with an additional 2 carbs in between the factory ones that plumbed into the manifold via the crossover tube. Does anyone know whose Hudson that is, and/or where does one get a Quad-H setup like that?

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Go to uncommonengineering.com and check out his catalog and look at the Hudson stuff.
    Bob
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Yes, it looks like this one from the Uncommonengineering.com website:
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Dave I like this one even better....Svenska962025.gifhttp://www.uncommonengineering.com/Svenska%2025.gifSvenska962025.gif
    Bob
  • Clutchguy
    Clutchguy Senior Contributor
    DaveFury wrote:
    Hello All,



    I was at the Beloit Wisconsin Autorama car show today and among 4 other Hudsons we saw, there was a '51 4 Door Hornet that had "M TEAGUE" on Wisonsin plates, twin H-power with an additional 2 carbs in between the factory ones that plumbed into the manifold via the crossover tube. Does anyone know whose Hudson that is, and/or where does one get a Quad-H setup like that?



    I forget the owners name,seemed to be a nice guy. I met him at the Pittsburgh National in 2004. I drove this car with this set-up and I really wasn't impressed,BUT it does run good!!. It had numerous vacuum leaks,including the ones created by having no choke caps on any of the 4 carbs. The 2 carbs in the middle look cool,but don't really function correct. These carbs are mounted on a special adapter and they run into the balance tube,as described,but the balance tube is so much smaller than the throat size of the carbs.,it deems them useless. It also has a GM style distributor that was just modified to fit the Hudson block but I believe it was not curved right for this engine. It appeared to have more than 40 degrees of total advance,and this is not good on one of these. Can you say'What's that hole in that piston from?" It was at the Newport,Indiana Hillclimb last year and my Dad said that it did run the hill in record time!! Maybe some of the problems it had have been ironed out since then?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Clutch guy wrote:
    I forget the owners name,seemed to be a nice guy. I met him at the Pittsburgh National in 2004. I drove this car with this set-up and I really wasn't impressed,BUT it does run good!!. It had numerous vacuum leaks,including the ones created by having no choke caps on any of the 4 carbs. The 2 carbs in the middle look cool,but don't really function correct. These carbs are mounted on a special adapter and they run into the balance tube,as described,but the balance tube is so much smaller than the throat size of the carbs.,it deems them useless. It also has a GM style distributor that was just modified to fit the Hudson block but I believe it was not curved right for this engine. It appeared to have more than 40 degrees of total advance,and this is not good on one of these. Can you say'What's that hole in that piston from?" It was at the Newport,Indiana Hillclimb last year and my Dad said that it did run the hill in record time!! Maybe some of the problems it had have been ironed out since then?





    Yup, It had a GM HEI distributor, that's the car. Thanks for the info on the driveability of that set-up. So basically, it looks cooler than it works, huh?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    BJ__TN wrote:
    Dave I like this one even better....Svenska962025.gifhttp://www.uncommonengineering.com/Svenska%2025.gifSvenska962025.gif

    Bob



    Bob, Yes that one looks awesome TRI-H-POWER!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    DaveFury wrote:
    Bob, Yes that one looks awesome TRI-H-POWER!





    Yeah, I like the tri-power better and I really like the headers, where can I get a set of those?



    Harry
  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    Even if the fuel flowed correctly - can't imagine how it could with either of these types of setups - could the 308 really use that much more fuel capacity?
  • hudsonguy
    hudsonguy Senior Contributor
    The M TEAGUE Hornet in question is owned by Jim Tullis. He used to live in Janesville, but has recently moved to Madison. Nice guy.



    In talking with him yesterday, he and Uncommon Engineering are working on what they hope to be a 700HP Hudson engine! He said time will tell if it actually comes together, but he told me about a billet machined crankshaft in Steve's shop that supposedly cost 4 big ones to make!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    hudsonguy wrote:
    The M TEAGUE Hornet in question is owned by Jim Tullis. He used to live in Janesville, but has recently moved to Madison. Nice guy.



    In talking with him yesterday, he and Uncommon Engineering are working on what they hope to be a 700HP Hudson engine! He said time will tell if it actually comes together, but he told me about a billet machined crankshaft in Steve's shop that supposedly cost 4 big ones to make!





    Well when you talk to him again, tell him I said he has a great looking Hudson, as well as a super cool licence plate, and to keep you (us) posted on the big horsepower 308 that he's working on. If fuel costs ever drop back down to a sensible level, maybe we can use his techniques to increase performance in our Hudsons also.
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