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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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Hey guys just finishing up my olds cutlass 442 ls1 conversion from brp hotrods they were very helpfull and it was alot easier than i thought. My question is what size carb should i go with i have the victory jr intake and painless wiring harness thanks.
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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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I would think a good ol seven fity vacuum secondaries Holley would do the trick.

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I'm going to run a 750 Mighty Demon. There was an article in some magazine ( I have so many cant remeber which one ) where a 6.0L was seeing vacuum at WOT with a 750. They put a 950 race carb on there and it only gained a few HP. (Like 6 or 8)
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 10:52 AM
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well the carb formula goes like this

cid x max rpm / 3456 will usually give you about what cfm you need

i would personally go with the holley 650 vac sec for the street and the holley 750 mechanical sec for the strip

just my .02
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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If you’re revving it to 6 grand a 346 is only going to need 600cfm with a VE of 100% so a 650 is a good bet like stated above.
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On my 6.0 im going to run a 650 cfm mechanical sec.
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 07:58 PM
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GM put a 750 on their LS2 crate motor when they rated it at 446 HP. Figure if it was good enough for GM...
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i've gone for a BG demon 750cfm after consulting with a few people, made circa 404-412bhp @ hubs on it.
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i've gone for a BG demon 750cfm after consulting with a few people, made circa 404-412bhp @ hubs on it.
we ran a 750 mighty demon double pumper @ drags,it went 125mph on rpm dual plane edelbrock..we changed the carb and fitted a 770 vac sec street avenger and was realy sweet round street...std 346 with 236/240 @.050 crane cam.setup has all changed now,but it was great 18mths ago.....over here in australia there has been extensive back to back testing between rpm/vic jnr....rpm came out on top.vic jnr only for 400+ cubes loses power on small engines....cheers.dave.

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