Hank, Indeed, at the level where I said "too big", this combo does in fact favor the Offy intake. Here is the same Camaro, all stock 250 except for manifold/exhaust and OFFY intake, 390 Holley Torq 231 at 2800 +5 vs Clifford Powr 174 at 4300 -3 vs Clifford 2.66 11.44 at 63.0 .09 sec win for Offy 17.78 at 76.9 .11 sec win for Offy So the Offy wins by maybe a carlength. That's consistent with what you have said though not by much. As you may recall, I was in fact surprised when the Clifford actually "won" a couple of the 60ft times vs the Offy - the Gonkulator wont catch everything, some of it is just engines/intakes/carbs, maybe even jetting, that "like" each other a little better.
I too would pick the Offy at this level - stock cam, tall gears, etc. But even then, if it was a $40 Clifford vs a $200 Offy I'd buy the Clifford (for a warm climate that is). Gbauer had just mentioned plans for the Clifford so that's what I ran.
