Carb selection, post-test of the "Tired" '65 Coronet 500

[Jim500mopar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I drove it yesterday, and punched it for first time at a low speed after 
rolling away from a stoplight in a safe place.  It just hooked up with no tire 
spin I could hear and pulled really hard.  I was pretty surprised how hard it 
pulled, but going from a 2.76 to 3.55 has to help.  It felt like it will do the 
11's I am shooting for, felt much quicker than the mid-12's car I used to race, 
but timeslips will tell better than seat-of-pants.     

We in SoCal are fortunate to have an excellent tuning track at Irwindale.  
Only an 1/8 mile, but it's first 60 feet is among the best, so I will start 
learning the car there.  They are liberal in applying the traction goo.  They rent 
the place out on some weekends to groups at a reasonable price, so that you 
can get essentially unlimited runs to tune. 

I'm trying now to figure out what carburetor to get.  The Edelbrock 750 on 
now works really well, but think a 496 roller/stroker with a .533 lift cam could 
handle more cfm.  Holley's new  870 Street Avenger looks interesting.  A 
friend ran a 1050 Dominator on a warmed-up 440 back in the '80's, it worked, but 
seemed overkill to me.

Any carb votes?


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