1938 Cadillac V16 - GM Heritage Center

frame crossmember to the left hand pump. This
arrangement assures a cool gasoline feed to both pumps
thus reducing vapor lock tendencies. The two fuel
pumps have integral niters and are of the link driven
flexible diaphragm type; the links engage push rods
operated in turn by eccentrics on the distributor driveshafts.
From the right hand fuel pump a pipe leads to
the right hand dual downdraft carburetor while the left
hand pump similarly supplies fuel to the left hand
carburetor. The two lines are interconnected, however,
so either pump may supply both carburetors.
There are two heavy duty oil bath air cleaners of
cylindrical shape, each mounted directly above its
corresponding carburetor. Dual downdraft carburetors
have 1}/$ inch throats and climatic control. From each
of the two carburetors the fuel mixture passes downward
to an exhaust heated division chamber thence to the
four legs of each of the dual cast iron intake manifolds,
which are designed so that no two successively firing
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