DeTomaso Mailing List: April 99, Message #64

Hey Doug,

    I bought a couple of 600 cfm Edelbrock's to put on a tunnel ram for my 
daughters Pro Street Ranger truck.  I swear it's my daughters truck - 
honest!  Anyway, before I could get them on the truck, the Holley "crapped 
out" on the T-Bucket.  It's got a 327 Chevy - nothing serious.  Just cute. 
 Well, I wanted to get to a cruise night that night with the car so I took 
one of the Edelbrocks out of the box and put it on.  Worked fine - out of 
the box!  Minor tweeking but nothing serious.  Would I run it on my 351? 
 Sorry.  Not me.  The "cleveland" has some minor work done to it. 
 Basically it's a refreshed motor with some 30 over "flattop" TRWs, a cam 
and some head work.  But the "desktop dyno" recommeds that I go with at 
least a 750 - 780 cfm carb.  I'll make that a Holley with mechanical 
secondarys.  Oh sh**!  That's going to start the whole business up again 
about the vacs vs mech isn't it.  Well, to kill that - I would like to go 
to a weber setup.  Not so much for the performance, I just love the way 
they look!

Bud

-----Original Message-----
From:	Sedon, Doug (OD) [SMTP:sedond@ors.od.nih.gov]
Sent:	Friday, April 02, 1999 9:52 AM
To:	Multiple recipients of list
Subject:	edelbrock carb

hi rick (and all),

tell me about yer carb - a speed shop here is recommending this to me over 
a
holley, for the same reason you cite, no power valve, and also, a nice
compromise between vacuum & mech'l secondaries.

my question is which size didja use?  one school sez 600-650 is all ya need 
on a
mild street motor, another sez ya still need at least 750 on a mild street
motor, and if set-up rite you won't lose lo-end driveability.

comments, anyone?

thanks,

doug s
'72 preL 2602 (not 2606!)