Hey Tom, Thanks for the encouragement. I'm actually a bit paranoid to go this route or even dual carbs and here's why. Right now, I'm running the original, stock, single bbl rochester B. It has never been rebuilt and has 58k original miles. It starts faster and easier than any other car I've ever owned. And all 15 or 20 of those with the exception of 1 - were fuel injected and relatively new. The carb only leaked when I installed it without the insulator gaskets and while working on the linkage after installing dual exhaust. Even after sitting in the garage for a couple of weeks, I can pull the choke, pump the pedal once, turn the key and the truck starts. Pretty much instantly without cranking the starter. It's one of the things I LOVE about my truck. After being skeptical for years, I recently installed HEI and did see some noticable improvement in low idle quality and throttle response. It also runs better cold, which is only a factor for a couple of minutes. I heat my intake with water. But starting is still the same - I don't think I can improve that! The benfits I'm looking for is simply the cool and different factor. Better gas mileage would be a plus.
