Originally Posted by
meowy84
As with full size engines bigger is not always better. In my younger days I had an old Chevy Nova with a 327 and some very mild headwork, cam, headers and it ran great on a Holley 600cfm but was useless on a 750cfm.
I had a 283 in a full sized Pontiac. Got the smallest Carter AFB I could find maybe 500cfm. That worked great. With the 327/350 hydraulic cam it pushed that old Pontiac right up to 120mph. (And I'm lucky enough to be here to tell you about it!)