Here was my entire line of thought from begining to end. I have a very limited time to catch up to the fastest Pontiac racers in the country, before I will just get too far behind. In order to accelerate my time tables, I had to make certain decisions early on. One of those happened to be induction and carberation. I do not have time, nor the desire to learn both.
My first step was to take manuals from each carb type and look at both of them to see which one would be easiest to tune at the track. The Q-jet is by far the more complex unit, requiring total dissasembly just to change the jets. One point for the Holley.
My second step was to look at cfm ratings and intake availability to decide which carb had more options, without running a spacer. I knew I was going to need a Victor for this, my first motor, so another point went to the Holley.
I then went to the track and talked to racers who had cars similar to mine, but faster, no matter what brand of car they drove and asked questions concerning both carberators. The answers I got scored another point for the Holley. A secondary point I gleaned from these conversations was that if something went wrong and I needed a part or tuning advice, I knew that there would always be someone at the track who could help me. The same could not be said of the Q-jet.
The decision then made itself for me and I would think for others who would be in the same boat as myself.
KS, you have no knowledge of me or my accomplishments, so I guess you can just simply choose me to be the ignorant one. You're simply sticking up for someone you have met. I didn't start these attacks, there are just too many guys out there who can't accept another persons opinion because they are considered an "unknown". I will not appologize for that.
I hang out with guys who drive 8 second, 3500 lb street legal cars all the time. Being around cars of the caliber has influenced me tremendously and I have learned more from watching and helping them than I could in a hundered liftimes at a Pontiac meet----so far. I'm not saying that the guys and girls here are without knowledge, quite the contrary, when it comes to Pontiac knowledge, this place has the best and brightest, but no one here has gone that fast in a totally legal 10.5" tire street car. Actually, I know there a a few who have gone that fast, but I have not yet met them here.
I will keep giving my opinions, and if no one takes them, oh well. At least I tried.
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