"... everyone knows a Holley carb is 1000x better than a Q-jet..."
WOW ! What a ridiculous(IMO) statement to make, on a site like this, where MOST recommend & use a Q-jet, on street engines. .
Even the Stock & SS racing Pontiacs run 9's & 10's with 750 Q-jets.
So, with 9 sec potential, and the proven streetability of the Q-jet, how could anybody think a Holley is 1000x better than a Q-jet, for a street driven Pontiac ?
Here's a quote from Cliff.
" One of our customers uses a later model large cfm unit at 750hp. His car runs high 9's in the 1/4 mile at 136mph. He has at his disposal a Quick Fuel 1000cfm Holley, it runs no faster anyplace than the q-jet.
We have a Super Stock customer running mid-9's with a small block Chevy using a smaller "750" cfm unit, built from an early 1970's Chevy divorced choke truck carb.
My own engine uses a 1977 Pontiac carb, it makes close to 600hp, and powers my daily driven 73 Ventura to low 11's at over 120mph.....Cliff "