I think i have the A/C pretty well covered.I have built them now for the 235 and 261 for about 20 years with great success. The carbs that i us is out of a swap meet for 20 bucks and i dont use water to heat it as i found a HP loss using it. Guy up here helped me after Tom could not help much with the automatic change over that went really sour several times after a lot of money.So i pretty much go with what he shows me now.Lets just say him and Tom dont see eye to eye and leave it at that.I even have one of his special ground billet cams that he has been having made. I think thats were i am getting my mileage. I agree it preety neat to see all those carbs under the hood,but i am lazy.I like to just check the oil.LOL Maybe a 347 GMC next time!! But at the rate i am going this thing will out last me. Before the cam and intake my best was about 17mpg and i thought i was king until the other guy i speak of helped me tweak it just a little and bingo i am running in high gear on the highway all the time and not stopping for gas as often. That does not happen all that often. I am a happy camper.
Dave