Now that the tunnel ram is off I'm looking for something better with just one carb. I'm not looking for a daily driver by any means, I don't run pump gas. I'll drive it to work at times and car shows but that's about it. I'd take it to MIR but my Parkinson's would interfere with that.
What I'm guessing is either a Torker, RPM Air-Gap or Victor (Cool looking but no street manners). A Holley or Quickfuel 850ish carb. Three totally different intakes but not sure if ones not enough or too much. Just looking for advice. I've searched the site but nothing jumps out. Thanks.

455 .030 over
"N" crank .010/.010
Eagle "H" beam rods
Probe SRS Forged Flat top pistons
Zero deck
.040 Mr.Gasket MLS head gaskets
Edelbrock Heads (mild porting)
Harland Sharp rockers (5016)
Lunati VooDoo cam 241/249 .539/.555 (Hyd)
Hughes 3,000 stall
Pipes 3" exhaust with "X" pipe
3.90 gears

 

Hate to say it but the Procomp "Shootout" is now a proven intake, might want to consider that.
And with ported heads, why so light on the lift?

Thanks.

 

I guess by "mild porting" I really meant more of a clean up. I bet it doesn't flow more that out of the box heads. Good question on the lift, I was using the HS 5017 rockers before which gave me a little more lift but i had iron heads and dish pistons. I just kept the same cam when I put the edelbrock heads and the flat tops in. The shootout looks like a nice piece. Thanks for the reply.

http://www.enginekits.com/intake-man...ldsmobile.html

I found the shootout intake. I was looking at something different before.

 

Well I ended up just putting a Torker on and running my Comp series 750 which was NOS, not any more. I changed the gaskets and re-jetted. Time to replace my hood with one that has a cowl. I have a cowl scoop but my fiberglass skills leave something to be desired. The engine could use a bigger carburetor but until I sell my old set-up this will work.

 

The Torker worked well for me with an 800 spread bore Holley, not as well with a square bore carb. You might delete the spacer, use a drop-base air cleaner and go to a flat or flatter hood.

 

I did make it sound like the Torker was a bad choice. The cheapest route not including ProComps. The spacer was something I had and will try it out. If my original hood was not in need of repair I'd use it but I like the cowl hoods from VFN. I've butchered this hood enough. I'm just playing around, a Holley is in the future maybe even a different manifold and cam etc. I haven't taken it out on the main roads yet but the throttle response around the neighborhood is so much better than with the TR I had on which is no surprise.

 

Better sounding short video.

 

I used to serve at VX1 pax river from 88-92,which squadron were you with?

 

My last tour was in VX20 which was called Force Warfare (?) from 96-99. VP-11, VP-31, VP-17 before that.

 

New carb. Ultra XP 950
Sorry if off topic, one of the few ways I can get pictures at work.

 

nice. are you supposed to go with a vented oil filler cap with that PCV set up or is that just for the looks?

what height is that carb spacer?

 

The oil filler cap is more for looks. I had it on an older build when I was having venting problems.
The spacer is 2 inches.