I would think you would need to have a engine that really breaths has a radical cam and high compression.
Thanks, Dan -------------------------- Sent using BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Larry Williams <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:50:35 To: The Chevelle Mailing List<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Carb size? I know you guys like the Holly design or Demon, me, I'm lazy and like the simplicity of the Edelbrock AFB. What would be an example of the .95 peak efficiency with respect to equipment? Larry Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Sat, 6 Jun 2009, Dan Solomon wrote: > >> I have always used the following formula and rounded down. >> 80 to .95 x CID x rpm >> Divided by 3456 >> The .80 to .95 is based on the efficiency of the engine. Use .80 for >> a stock motor and increase as you feel your motor approaches peak >> efficiency. >> I would also recommend a double pumper and not vacuum secondary. > > Wouldn't mechanical secondaries hurt him on the street? The opening > rate of vacuum secondaries can be easily tweaked for strip use. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.54/2158 - Release Date: 06/06/09 > 05:53:00 > >
