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Old 09-14-2012, 07:32 AM
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roadkill2
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Y'kno, for years, Holley's line of double Pumpers and then the Dominator series were the "Go To" when racing with just about any engine . . And, over that period of time, many racers learned to "Tune" Holley's by hook and by crook . .

Thus . . The only thing worse than a used Holley, is two used Holleys . .

Last year, I was introduced to a "New" Carb. The Pro Systems SV-1 . . We bolted one on a 496 BBC and ran it . . no dicking with it, nada, outa the box. 96 pills "square". It was "Slightly rich" but no blubber or smoggy plugs, beautiful tan insulators, one ring of heat on the plug thread . . Great, and a "Happy Motor" . . .

Had a problem with H2O in the oil, put in a 468 BBC with Dart 355 heads, never touced the carb, just bolted it on and went . .

Back to the 496 with the Dart heads on it, again, just bolt it on and run it . . Plugs look great, 1125° EGT, and now, we're running a 582, same heads, and still haven't done anything to the carb but adjust the idle air screws. same jets, same everything, just like it came out of the box . .

9.38's at 149-150 in 8500' corrected air, 2800# Iron 67 Camaro . . not to mention we've raced at 4800', 5000' and 6000' MSL and, again, never touched it . . And the motor's still "Happy" . .

It's a good piece of hardware that literally "self compensates" by working to the amount of air going through it . . .
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