DeTomaso Mailing List: April 99, Message #43

I Didn't respond to the original question because I felt that I did not
have a good perspective on comparison.
But what the heck...
	My last motor, stock,other than: big cam and torker manifold, roller
rockers, and me messing around in the bowls,
 had a 750cfm 3310 built by the Carb Shop, it was very streetable, with
enough low end to autocross competetively in second gear all the way!
No complaints here.

	My current motor is stroked to 414ci, and has an 850cfm double
pumper,so I cant compare carbs with this much difference in engine
build. However it  drives fine around town (only need the primaries) and
if I get on the secondaries, all hell breaks loose! the throttle
response is good (awsome at 3000 rpm+, which seems to have more to do
with  'on' or 'off' the cam, than whether it is 2 or 4 barrels)
	The carb was dialed in on the dyno, after the Las Vegas race event. 
No complaints here either.
It surprised me that  the bigger motor, with that carb, produced better
gas mileage than my 351 even before we dialed it in!

so I hope thats cleared up this issue :-)

cheers
John P
Moseley wrote:
> 
> "Franck DJ (Don)" wrote:TOTALS
> 
> > Vacuum           7
> > Mechanical       6
> >
> > Go Figure. . . .   Once again there is no clear answer.
> 
> Depends, in Baseball, Hockey, Football.....  I'd say you'd know who won... ;-)
> 
> > Maybe the Pantera group shoud regroup and vote again?
> 
> Pehaps....
> I wasn't real sure what YOU wanted so I didn't chime in.   In my case I'm more
> concerned about driveablity than Brute Force.  So "vacuum secondary" was the
> choice for me.  The "go" is still there when I want it (perhaps slightly
> diminished comparatively) but I'm not killing my gas mileage or over fueling in
> daily driving.
> I can still EAT the baseball-cap-on-backwards-mustang-5.0-kids when they annoy
> me.
> 
> >From my Mopar Hemi days.... if you want all out acceleration and don't care
> about demeanor in city traffic or gas mileage, by all means, go for the
> mechanicals.
> 
> For another feud.......
> All the discussion seems to center around the Holley's.   I now own my first
> Edelbrock.  Couldn't be more pleased.  No power valve to blow and it just looks
> nicer on a polished manifold!!!
> 
> (ps.... el gato will be injected before long, so I should be quiet....)
> 
> Rick
> #6653
> 
> >
> > I do know where Jack Tunnel, Kirby Schrader, Curt "The mad gamer" Toumanian,
> > Jack DeRyke, Scott Macleod, stand.
> > Thats 5 out of 300 or so.
> >
> > Thanks to those who let me know their thoughts on the topic.
> > acuum           1
> > Mechanical              3
> > Rec.Autos.Rod-N-Custom  Vacuum  4                               Mechanical
> > 0
> > Pantera Email Group             Vacuum  2
> > Mechanical              3
> >
> >         TOTALS                                          7
> > 6
> >
> > Go Figure. . . .   Once again there is no clear answer.
> >
> > One Point though -   On the Pantera list, the answers were very different
> > from the others.  Many times I had a hard time telling exactly what the
> > person was recommending.  It was more like a lesson on how they work.  On
> > the other groups I got very clear votes.
> >
> > Maybe the Pantera group shoud regroup and vote again?
> >
> > I do know where Jack Tunnel, Kirby Schrader, Curt "The mad gamer" Toumanian,
> > Jack DeRyke, Scott Macleod, stand.
> > Thats 5 out of 300 or so.
> >
> > Thanks to those who let me know their thoughts on the topic.
> >
> > > Don Franck
> > > DJFranck@equilon.com
> > > Pantera #1777 Space City Pantera Club President
> > > Wk 713-241-6820 / Wk Fax  713-241-7620
> > > HM 281-856-8049 / Hm Fax  281-859-9531
> > > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/9415
> > > "Some people said it couldn't be done.  What they meant was "They couldn't
> > > do it".
> > >
> > >
> > >