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I remember, in the way back, when I did my research and diligence, I selected a 650 cfm, spread-bore, vacuum-secondary carb for the 350 in my '79 Camaro.
Watching a real expert fight a 750 double-pumper mechanical secondary carb really makes me feel validated.
The carb I picked ran great! I never regretted it.
I think that, too often, hot rodders latch onto the max-horsepower dyno result and forget that you need to drive the thing in traffic.
Mr Frieburger, I think, knows it. He doesn't LIKE it, but he knows it.
I don't think I'd ever suffer a carburetor again. Even a throttle-body injection system is better in my mind. YMMV.
I do, however, long for a simple car where a computer is something I've chosen and not something I need to work around.
Personally, if I were into hot rodding, I'd want to build and drive a "sleeper" car. They call them "Q-cars" in the UK, after the "Q-ships" that were used to lure U-boats to destruction.
ReplyDeleteWe know what a sleeper is here. We don't care what the Beans on Toast crowd calls them.
DeleteThe Beast is a sleeper in its present form. Silent exhaust and styling that makes someone think late model Impala with a front-drive V6 and not a rear-drive V8.
My '69 Camaro had too much cam, too much intake manifold and not enough gear. I tried a junkyard 650 double pumper and never got the bog out of it. After a while I pieced together about 4 different Holly carbs to make a 750 spread bore, vacuum secondary, dual metering block with center hung floats. Got it working pretty good. At 60 MPH I could downshift to 3rd and smoke the tires. That's more of a testament on how bad tires were back then. Valve float was my rev limiter.
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The meanest sleeper I ever owned was a 1991 Ford Taurus SHO+ in white. I had it for years, moved it multiple times in a trailer before I got it put back together and running soundly and dependably. And then I discovered that I could not have that car and a license. I didn't lose my license, but if I'd have kept that car I would have. That cat was a stone cold sleeper. 90 in third with 2,000 RPM left till redline and two while gears... I wish I hadn't sold it, but at the time I thought I needed a driver's licence more than the car.
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