[ETL]

If not anything else, in my minimum-mechanical knowhow opinion, multiple carbs just looked cool as hell.

(cool as hell?)

[T.B. Yoits]

If not anything else, in my minimum-mechanical knowhow opinion, multiple carbs just looked cool as hell.

They look cool as hell and could be functional for fine-tuning flow to each cylinder but only for open-engine cars. Once you button it all under a hood it works against you.

Ram-air, superchargers, and fuel injection changed the layout. Turbochargers for one thing don't look too cool when exposed, what with all the tubing and heat shielding.

[MikeSteelBe]

Yes, cool. The more barrels you have, the more evenly the fuel is metered out to the cylinders. With a 2 or 4 barrel carb, the inner cylinders closer to the carb can suck a little more fuel then the outer ones where the fuel mix has to travel farther. Even with two four barrels, there is a chamber where the fuel air charge mixes before entering the cylinders. The old 8 stack, modern tuned port, or 8 webers are the only ones that give an equally metered charge to each cylinder.