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Hates Pro TouringPro Touring sucks, and magazines should quit forcing the look on us. Pro Touring is like putting Gucci loafers on a pig. It just doesn't belong. Forgive me for not investing thousands of dollars in my '68 Chevelle's suspension so it still won't handle as good as even the most vanilla new car. If I wanted a car that cuts corners I would buy one (and I did). I couldn't care less that my musclecars don't handle. They don't need to. They scare the [blank] out of people just by their mere presence. Thanks for being the only performance car magazine that still features nasty, fast cars the way they should be.Tyler Deanvia e-mailYou're welcome.
Smokey RamGreat article on the intake manifold restoration. I was pleased that you used the Smokey Ram, since I have had one on the shelf for over 20 years. Smokey used to say that the distance from the bottom of the carb to the plenum floor was critical to a properly tuned Smokey Ram intake. In your dyno-test did you experiment with different carb spacers or was the carb bolted directly to the intake? The torque number you obtained makes me think I should dust off my Smokey Ram and get some use out of it.Tom Bryantvia e-mail
We did run the Smokey Ram with a carb spacer, but it was more out of necessity than science. The design of the intake prevents bolting a modern-style Holley carb onto it without interference from the throttle linkage (older Holleys from the '60s and early '70s used a different style of linkage), which we solved by using a 1-inch open spacer to raise the carb. However, as you noted, the spacer does increase the distance from the throttle blades to the floor of the plenum, which gives the air/fuel mixture a better shot at distributing properly through the runners and probably helped the performance. We were impressed by the torque the manifold produced, so we'd definitely recommend putting yours back in action.
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Or how about the e-mail we got from "Brady" about "Bob's Garage in Newberg, Oregon" where someone-we assume named Bob-has been working on this sweet Torino and 442. But there's nothing there except photos! That's not a site worth sharing a URL about! Come on, people, let's see some logic applied to your e-mails!
Until then, here are some more sites.