[suprchikn]

.First I'd like to apologize to everyone for that ridiculously huge image of my dopy carb linkage which is causing all of us to have to scroll back and forth to read the text of each post, long or short. I may be able to work on them there carb thingysbut I'm a little lost with anything more than just typing. (not good with the postal system either). But I digress.

Second, I agree with everything Tom said, from nostalgic look to ease of setup and tuning, the offy and afb's or vac/sec holleys and original air cleaners are the way to go.

third , sorry this is so long.

...But I have issues, Two years ago Paul (Spotts) had me do a basic rebuild and port match on a pair of 660's and spacers on an Offy intake. He told me to drop it on my engine and tune it and see if I liked the setup. Bottom line it took me two months to give it back and I kicked and screamed all the way. Well since I had just gotten my glass hood which was the first one out of the mold (the super 400, I built the original and Paul made me get it molded) so I was taking measurements for a victor/dominator combo and seeing what else would fit. so the T ram I,d been eyeing for a while on Pauls shelf came home with me. I got another set of the carbs and went to work. Two years later and here i am with this setup, mostly just because I can fit it under my hood. BTW I run a Hemi 2x4 filter built into the hood and the carbs don't really know what they are anymore... airflow, fuel circuits etc. And one of these days theres going to be a blower/ fuel injection setup under the hood strangely reminiscent of Pauls and he's going to go to start his dragster and... well anyway im pretty sure that'll fit too. i have issues!

R 70 Judge My combo; 68 firebird, Tremec TKO, 12 bolt w/ 3.73s narrowed 6 inches moser axles etc. Minitubbed2.5" , Caltrac bars and split monos, homemade weld in frame connectors and 8 point roll bar. BFG 295 65 15 Drag radials in back.
Motor : 71 two bolt 455 .030 over. stock rods, ARP rod and main bolts Stock N crank, forged TRWs bottom end is not balanced. #13heads ported but I actually forget flow numbers but I kept the ports small, and mirror polished the chambers to thwart detonation at 11.5+ compression. 1.6 roller rockers stainless valves etc. Heres the kicker, the cam. Comp. Cams 320 H which is a flat hydraulic race grind, with 268 at .050 duration and 580 lift single pattern with o ton o overlap to drive on the street. Accel racing dualpoint with 1 set removed (to run with MSD 6 AL) locked at 34. 2" Hedman Huslers with Flow master 4-2-1 collectors, 3.5 " exhaust w/ crossover and Flowmaster Delta Force race mufflers exiting just in front of rear tires. So back to the kicker, this cam is just silly for the street (for people without issues) but I think Paul thought he was getting me back for something past or future and as it turns out he cant pick a bad cam even when he tries. LOL. Spotty and I have been friends for a long time. All that overlap dropped my cranking compression from 240 psi to 180 so I 'm running pump gas on the street And I'm supposed to say that Paul does not want his name mentioned inconnection with the pump gas thing or when I say that I shift at 6200 rpm every time I race it. Please don't don't make me explain or defend my inability to see the red needle set at 5500 because every time I do I'm pretty sure I push the great track cleanup a little closer, but I've been driving it like this for years and if I change now , well you know. So this is really a street car that sees the track a few times a year for a current best of 11.457 at 123.93 with a 1.753 short time. I grocery shop and even do my Christmas shopping in it. I live in Pennsylvania so nuff said. In fact I think I'm done. Thanks for bearing with me. Ray