Originally posted by Sanger Steve:
ive got a 1978 sanger bubbledeck 18ft, powered by a balanced 460ford dove-c heads ported and polished .030 over. comp cam. flat top pistons,sanderson racing headers, torker2 intake and a holley 750 double pumper. i have a weind tunnel ram that im thinking about swapping over to,would i get alot more speed going to the tunnel ram and dual carbs. or would i just be waisting gas?will i lose my low end torque. what carbs should i go to with the weind. i bought the boat last year,what are (dove-c)heads
and do they still make sanderson racing headers for boats, ive never heard of them and ive never seen a pair other than mine, they do look pretty cool though. oh yeah the jet is a stock berkeley 12JG.iknow these are alot of questions but im new at this. any questions answered would be greatly appreceated.
[This message has been edited by Sanger Steve (edited June 30, 2002).]
Steve,
You can achieve your goal with both set-ups if built correctly. If you want to run a tunnel ram, make sure to get the carburetors dialed in together. I preach the Dual Holley 660 carbs, because they seem to be the best mechanical secondary, center squirting, and space saving carbs out there. I run my 468 Tunnel ram BBC with an Edelbrock/660 Holley set-up with Mallory Fuel system. It runs without a single burp, and fires up on first turn...
Now you I can massage that 750 you have to perform the same. It just takes some knowledge and sacrafice...on low end torque that is. But to be quite honest...my 18 footer popps out of the water quickly...ask my better half the same question...I had to install the Oh-Shit handle to keep her in the boat...with the 660 tunnel ram. I switched from the single carb to the dual....the only sacrafice you ask???? Gas mileage...there is none!
If you need some help on a carburetor/s build-up, drop me a line. I offer Holley 660's tuned for tunnel rams, and I can rework that 750cfm carb to finally pull it's weight on your boat.
V/R
Ty Lofstrom
Texas Performance Carburetors
sales@tpcracing.com
[This message has been edited by Hotcrusader76 (edited June 30, 2002).]