Newbie - seeking advice

Here's a link for Mancini Racing.

http://www.manciniracing.com/


Here is a link for the carburetors:

Edelbrock 1406

http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/edelbrock.html


Holley 80457 - 600 cfm with electronic choke calibrated for late 60's v-8:

I recommend the 80457 over the 1850 as it is like the generic 1850 600 cfm vacuum seconday, but comes eith the electric choke and better calibration.

http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/hotrstca.html


Also consider a complete teardown sealed power gasket kit. It will work out much cheaper than trying to buy the individual gaskets seperately and you will have some left over for "later" workings. Make sure you tell them that you are converting to a 4 bbl so they give you the kit with the correct gaskets. Look at the Sealed Power kits.

http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/enteargasset.html


I also recommend changing the timing chain. The stock timing chains suck! go with this Edelbrock true roller double roller. I've run them for over 250 k miles with no problem. I once replaced a stock 318 timing chain with a double roller chain on an engine with 84,000 miles and gained 2 MPG for the increased efficiency as the stock chain was pretty much stretched and had a couple teeth chipped on the plastic gears. I once changed one on an engine with 125,000 and it was still in great shape with barely any stretch, I changed it with a new one as I had already bought it and spent the time to tear the engine apart, so for the $60 I may as well have changed it.... Mancini also sells these in their own packaging for a little less price.

http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/edelbrock4.html