Stock '69 318, t-quad vs q-jet vs holley vs edelbrock?

remytherat said
I don't want to spend a ton on the performance upgrades, and I don't want to spend a ton on supporting upgrades to make way for more extreme upgrades.

Something that cruises well at 70 mph, not screaming down the highway.
As long as I can punch it at 30 and cruise to 80 in a jiffy i'm chill with it

Strongly leaning towards t-quad and 340/360 intake, exhaust first of course
Small primaries kinda just make sense for what I'm looking to do it seems like
Bottom line the thing has to be somewhat practical cuz I'm gonna drive the hell out of it

absolutely will do, I want to be able to cruise the canyons without dying

Going to stick with points and see if I can make it work, since if people could make em work in the 60s I don't see why I can't. That being said I have some experience with the pertronix modules which work incredibly well and I will probably install one at some point.

Have you spent some time with the stock config?
Honestly, I'd play with what you got.
That's not to stop you from planning for a switch to 4 bbl, but in the meantime see how you like the baseline.

a '69 318 with 2 bbl is still plenty torquey. (at least a 49 state engine) It certainly surprised quite a few people in our 4 door Belvidere.
It's at the drag strip where it (the 2 bbl and the single point distributor) will noticibly run out of steam.

The 4010/4011 is a nice carb once you clean out the machining debris. There's some long threads on Racing Fuel System forum comparing the details.

One advantage of a factory 4-bbl carb and intake is keeping the factory mechanical choke. Hacking into the electrical system gets lots of people in trouble.