360 Intakes

RE 6-pack 360s...
Why wouldn't that be cool?

I don't have any hard evidence (dyno numbers), but there was a girl from Apple Valley, CA (Linda somebody) who used to campaign a 340 T/A in E/SA with the factory 6-Pack setup in Div. VII Stock Eliminator. The car was pink, and quite pristine, and I paid a lot of attention to it because I thought it ran really well.

Her husband tuned it, and one day I asked him why he'd taken the multiple carburetion off the engine and replaced it with a Thermoquad on the stock (rules-mandated) single-carb, cast-iron manifold, setup.

He said, "Because it's faster... same class, but consitently runs quicker and faster with the Thermoquad than the multiple setup."

Every time I saw that car run after that, it had one carb on it...

Guess that might be one reason not to run the 6-pack, if that is really true, and he had no reason to lie; same class with both setups... and, he had both. They ran it with 3 two-barrels for what I believe was several seasons, before making the switch to one carb.

Anybody got any comparative dyno data showing back-to-back testing that would show a different conclusion?

I've always wondered if he was just jerking my chain, but the car DID pick up (but, not much) when he went to 1 4bbl...

I'd like to see a dyno test to confirm what he said. Doesn't seem logical to me...