I ordered my 340 Six Pack setup and it's supposed to get here tomorrow by FedEx. I can hardly wait. I was going to keep my Holley 3310 for another project, but I've decided to return it because I'm not sure what's going on with it. It was sold to me as a brand new carburetor, and it looks brand new, but there are a couple of things that make me wonder. First, I wanted to re-jet it because they come from the factory calibrated for sea level, and I live at almost 5000' elevation.

After much soul searching and mental anguish, I finally decided on a carburetor for my Barracuda. In spite of the fact that it's a fairly light car and I'm going to be running a manual transmission, fairly steep gears, and a big engine, I decided on a Holley 3310 carburetor. Yep, with vacuum secondaries and a (gasp) choke. So why not a double pumper?

At first, the choice of engine for my Barracuda seemed easy. These early A bodies have a narrow engine compartment, making the use of factory exhaust manifolds almost mandatory. I had found a set of headers for a D/Dart that would supposedly fit, but I balked at the price - over $1000 at the time. Since I figured that running the stock exhaust would choke off the engine enough to nullify any power benefits I would otherwise get from running a 360, a 318 seemed like an obvious choice.