Ok before i begin... i just want to say that you FI guys are such a huge opposition that we carbed guys have to stick together. you guys run awesome cause you have 3 computers/FI/new technology... etc, etc.
Now you guys do haul, but what about us guys who put ALL of our sh!t together? Our car runs only as good as we tune it. I'm not sure how many guys here run old cars with carbs, but i do know that there are a few and i think this will be a contraversial subject.
Plain and Simple; you can't beat old tech. It's easy to build, simple to maintain, lasts forever, and is just bada$$! I mean, you new car fanatics just drive your cars. My car is running about mid 13's without chassis/suspension mods or slicks. Not too shabby for a 38 year old car? I just love old cars and they are so cool and they just get the girls faster than anything else around.
I continually whoop new car a$$ (although there are faster ones out there). I think everyone just believes that their little 5.0 GT 5spd can take my merc... they just guess wrong. My car is a little bit bigger then a '65 stang, but it's lighter then a fox body GT. I love to see those smarta$$'s in their $30K cars get smoked by my restomod. No better feeling in the world! Can anyone relate? I especially loved the look on the SS owner's face that i recently whooped! You want brutally fast power? get a falcon/mustang/fairlane... those cars will put a smile from ear to ear on you!
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'63 Merc Meteor hardtop, warm 302, C4 auto, 2.25" Flowmaster Exhaust,
'65 289 heads - ported/chevy valves, performer cam, edelbrock f4a intake, full length hookers, 600 holley, roller rockers, k'n, 10.5:1 hyperutetic pistons... mid 13's hoping to reach into 12's