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Old 10-16-2012, 01:25 PM   #6
Redcap
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Re: stock chevy 292 with 4 barl intake

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Originally Posted by 69gmcc10 View Post
old hot rodder math is to double the cubic inch displacement of the engine, so a 600 cfm carb should do the trick, but I think it is over kill. You will get better throttle responce from a smaller 500 or 550 carb unit. When I plug the engine specs of my vortec 350 into a comuter program I have it tells me that a 600 cfm carb is all I need.
'Old hot rodder math' is really, really wrong.

http://www.4secondsflat.com/Carb_CFM_Calculator.html
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