Fish Carbs

50C8DAN
50C8DAN Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
I ran across some info on the Fish Carburetor and wondered if anyone had installed on on their Hudson and if so what success they had had?

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    50C8DAN wrote:
    I ran across some info on the Fish Carburetor and wondered if anyone had installed on on their Hudson and if so what success they had had?

    LftfrontHornetJet.jpgIf you visit my website and look at the information on the Dallas County Hudson Dealers Jet, you will see Fish Carburators installed on the 7X spec Hornet motor that was successfully campaigned. Sloan swore by those carburators for Drag racing.
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    The float bowls look like Holley carbs.. Wonder who copied who? I do remember the Fish carb sponsored stock cars of the 50's. M-1 M-2 Etc. There was a Fish Carburetor sponsored early Ford modified on display at the Daytona Turkey run this year. Fish started in Daytona Beach Fl at the beginning. Then moved to Canada. There is a medical center in Daytona named "Fish" I wonder if there is a relationship? I never heard anything bad about the carbs, but the rumor was that the big companies made it impossible for them to survive.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Dave, A guy named Mike Brown in Missouri is currently taking orders for the Fish carb. The cost is something like $425 and he makes no wild claims for 100mpg. I don't see any justification for the purchase or price over the standard Carter if its only 4-5 mpg better. Maybe if the price of gas goes up where it did in the summer it may help to justify it but I'd rather have the prices where they are now.
  • 50C8DAN
    50C8DAN Senior Contributor
    I think there is an adapter plate to adapt the Holley bowls to the Fish Carb, probably for ease of float setting. The other pictures of Fish carbs do not have this style of bowl.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Actually, the Fish carburators does come with the "Holley style" fuel bowls. See the picture below. There is a lot of information on the internet that shows adapters for 2 and 4 BBl replacements.

    fish2.jpg

    The following link will provide those interested in this type of carburator with vintage and later varients whose applications ran from single throught multi barrel use.

    http://www.boni.com/fish/

    Happy reading...

    I have one of the vintage 1 BBLs and a newer BDB. I have run the 1 BBL on a 232 and 262 engine... the preformance was similar to the Carter WA1 without noticed gas mileage improvement. One day I will get them back out and use them again on my Hudson. For now they are part of my vintage engine items stash.
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    This is he first time I have ever actually seen a Fish Carb. Thanks for the pictures. Is this a great site..or what?.. I have heard all the rediculous "legends" about the super gas mileage..but maybe they did have a better mouse trap.. I guess all that is for naught, now that computer controlled fuel injection has made all the technicals obsolete..
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Heart Of Texas wrote:
    LftfrontHornetJet.jpgIf you visit my website and look at the information on the Dallas County Hudson Dealers Jet, you will see Fish Carburators installed on the 7X spec Hornet motor that was successfully campaigned. Sloan swore by those carburators for Drag racing.
    Those are not FISH carburetors. The fish carb had only one butterfly and it had holes in it and feed the gas through a series of holes as the butterfly was opened. Gas is feed through the butterfly cross shaft. One of our Hudson member, in Nor-Cal chapter, has 3 or 4 of these carbs and was using one at one time. Bruce Sylva in Sacramento is the guy. He will not sell any. Walt.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Well Walt having the opportunity to know Sloan, work with him on the car and later take the pictures shown, I can unequivocally state... you are wrong. The carbs on this car are indeed FISH carbs which were modified by Sloan to run at AHRA and NHRA drags. Fish carburetors come in a variety of sizes and shapes. As you say Bruce Sylva may have Fish carburetors. Go to the Fish website and maybe you will match up the model of carburetor Bruce owns. BTW Bruce was also one of Sloan’s fans. No doubt the models he has are a different model from those shown in the picture.
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