First off I love the site and finaly got the nerve to sign up. I just bought my first v drive a 72 Barron. It has a 468 BBC in it with the Weiand TR and 2 600 Edelbrock carbs. I am having trouble tuning the carbs in, hard starting cold and it wants to die when it idles. It also has a points dist. in it. I don't really like Edelbrock carbs and don't want to spend more money on them. I am considering swapping to the RPM Air Gap manifold and a single Holley carb and an HEI dist. The motor is a mind buildup and I do not intend to use it for racing just playing around on the weekends. Looking more towards lower maint. drivability and easier to tune it. Have thought about Holley carbs on the TR but not sure yet. What do you guys run on your weekend cruiser?
For those of you who run a single carb, what carb size, manifold, and dist. do you use? How do you like it? Thanks in advance, Seth.