In Line 4 barrel carb

Nasty!!! real nasty!!!

I run a Cleveland so it'll be years before they build one to fit my 4v heads

Looks like a new twist on an old idea.

Ford Autolite Cross Boss induction:

1. http://images.mustangandfords.com/MUFP_07z+1967_shelby_mustang+engine_view.jpg

2. http://www.mustangmonthly.com/featuredvehicles/mump_0610_1969_boss_302_ford_mustang/

3. http://www.jamiewaters.com/images/410_2310-motor2.jpg

Had 2 of them on my 1970 BOSS-302. They were available in either 875 or 1150?. You had to use the X-BOSS manifold that had either a single or dual carb top piece. They were 4-squiters, non-progressive! Which meant you got VERY bad fuel mileage if you ran them on the street. And all that raw fuel from the pumps kept your walls kind of clean of residual oil and contaminated your oil. One othe thing, the bottom section of the manifold had runners that went across to the other bank of cylinders...hench the name'Cross-Boss'. From what I experienced it was strictly a 5000 and up set-up.

The published story on them back then was they were good for 10mph on top end in the NASCAR 'Mini-Grand National' which was Mustang and other pony cars racing in short NASCAR type races. When BILL France saw Holeman-Moody testing a BOSS 302 Mustang at Charlotte and how much faster it was than a Holley on the same motor he instantly outlawed the carb. That's about the only way we ever got them down at the street level. Now, don't get me wrong...you COULD buy them...if you had that much money. I traded a block and heads for mine.

what about an air cleaner?

nvm i see it on that cross boss.

mikethebike said:

When BILL France saw Holeman-Moody testing a BOSS 302 Mustang at Charlotte and how much faster it was than a Holley on the same motor he instantly outlawed the carb.

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It seems like everytime Ford came up with something good NASCAR outlaws it. Remember the 427 SOHC? Bottom line is NASCAR doesn't want Ford to win. I finally quit watching it after they let the Toyotas race in it.

yeah the demon setup is loosely based on the old autolite inline carb but BG isn't making a ford manifold yet, supposedly they are working on one for the new Ford racing Boss 302 crate engines though

nascar didn't want anyone but GM to win ever, even now it's the same thing. if anyone from the other camps comes up with some new ideas nascar always outlaws them eventually, that's why i quit watching it. they outlawed the 427 cammer before it even completed 2 races, they outlawed the boss 9 shortly after it showed up on the track, they pretty much outlawed the aero cars; plymouth superbird, dodge daytona, ford torino talladega and cyclone spoiler II or limited them with small displacement motors (305 ci) after the 70 season and the restrictor plates were originally developed for the hemi to slow it down too. i can't think of one single instance where nascar ever did anything like that to GM.

bnickel said:

yeah the demon setup is loosely based on the old autolite inline carb but BG isn't making a ford manifold yet, supposedly they are working on one for the new Ford racing Boss 302 crate engines though

nascar didn't want anyone but GM to win ever, even now it's the same thing. if anyone from the other camps comes up with some new ideas nascar always outlaws them eventually, that's why i quit watching it. they outlawed the 427 cammer before it even completed 2 races, they outlawed the boss 9 shortly after it showed up on the track, they pretty much outlawed the aero cars; plymouth superbird, dodge daytona, ford torino talladega and cyclone spoiler II or limited them with small displacement motors (305 ci) after the 70 season and the restrictor plates were originally developed for the hemi to slow it down too. i can't think of one single instance where nascar ever did anything like that to GM.

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Right, that's why they wouldn't allow Smokey Yunick to use 7/16" rod bolts and after market rocker arms on the 66 427 Chevelle and because of that the engine would stretch the bolts or break the rockers and dnf. And how about 1967 when Petty won 10 in a row? OR 1966 WHEN THEY OUTLAWED THE HEMI?
During the 1970's when Pearson was winning they allowed them to cut the exhaust ports and install a plate so they could correct the pitiful port shape of the Cleveland. The port was turned down to clear those damn spring towers. That's what Ford did rather than change the suspansion design like GM did in 1967 with the Camaro.
Do you really want to talk about what they did for Elliot's Thunderbird to get Ford back in racing? Ford abandoned the racers in 1970 and if you were a dealer and o put your dealerships name on a race car Ford would pull your franchise.
If Ford had offered the X-BOSS as a factory option NASCAR would have allowed it. But they didn't offer it...same with the Gurney-Weslake that Dan ran in 1968. Ford tried to use them in T/A but since they were not offered in a car they would not allow it.
Chevy offered the x-ram, dual-quad, chambered exhaust in a 1968 Z/28.
You need to know the rules and play by them.
And EXACTLY WHEN did they outlaw the BOSS-429? Seems to me they were racing they into the mid 70's.

not to get off topic. . . i saw a barry grant spokesman at power tour. he said the carb setup was more for the street rodder (read: crying baby bumper doll, lawn chair hotrodder) crowd. more show than go. he said its hard to justify the extra $1500 over a regular setup for a normal street machine. and thats right from the horse's mouth