Re: 850 DP vs dual 4's

[Donnie Schanz Jr <dcs426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Listen to whoever you want, but keep this in mind. A lot of guys OWN cars, 
but not all of them KNOW cars. I have a 6-71 blower car with 2 holleys, a 
turbo car with fuel injection, and a cross ram with 2 carbs. I cannot tell 
you which car runs better than the other. There are to many factors that 
play into it.Rain, humidity, temperature, etc all play into the performance 
of any of them. All I will say is that on any given day, I can get in any of 
them and do whatever I want to do and go whereever I want to go. I have had 
guys come up to me and sell me a 2-4 set-up that they could not get to run 
at all. Once I tear it down, they did not understand what they were doing. I 
will say that I agree with whoever wrote about the progressive linkage. My 
409 had it from the factory and I did away with it the 2nd summer I owned 
it. What a difference it made. Do not go bigger than 2 500cfm carbs and have 
them set up by someone who knows what they are doing. I cannot stand to hear 
the 2 carbs/ 2 problems story from guys. I heard the blower horror stories, 
as well as the turbo horror stories and if you understand or learn about 
what you are trying to accomplise, it is more fun. I personally feel that 
your 426 will look better with a single 4 and its big chrome air cleaner, 
but a friend of mine had a 65 Plymouth with 2 fours for years and had the 
small gold air cleaners that were used in the late 50's or early 60's and it 
looked really good and still sorta OEM. Choose what YOU want, we only get to 
play once in life, might as well expierence as much as you can. You can 
always sell your set-up to the next guy who asked the same question when you 
no longer want it.

Take care and happy holidays.
Donnie




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Adams" <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 4:36 PM
Subject: 850 DP vs dual 4's


> Hey guys, I plan on replacing the sp 750 Holley on the 426 in my 64
> Polara this winter with a dp 800 Holley I have. I've also been
> considering going to a dual 4 setup. Which do you guys/gals think is
> better, performance-wise? The dual 4 set will cost a lot more as I
> already have the 850. Are dual 4's THAT much more trouble to set up and
> keep adjusted? Do they perform a noticable amount better, or is it
> mostly for show? The engine has headers, a 513" Lunati Voodoo cam, small
> amount of head work with smaller valves, and a 4-spd with 3:91 gears.
> I'm also installing an A833 od.
>
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