Need different carb for street on 408

To all..

I really do value every opinion here. Remember when we did not have the conveniance of forums and the net. When I was 16 I had a ford 390 splayed all over my Grandmothers garage. It was my first rebuild. I had no help whatsoever. Of course this was B.M. (Before Mopar). I was on my own. After putting it back together, it ran and ran well, probably just luck with my neophitic experiance. I have learned a ton from all your comments and suggestions in the past years, so keep it up!

I realize that I will loose a little on the full throttle response with a vac sec, so I may live with it, or may go with an Ultra w\choke or 4781, etc. Throughout the process of this build, again we take all the marbles and cull out what we feel is the best and ultimately make a decision of what we feel is correct for our situation. Its fun, and we learn and then we pass on our experiances to others like everyone here.

Amazing as it is, that with the radical nature of my 408, it does take only a short while to get to idle stage. Probably attributed to aluminum heads and intake, heat transfer. The viscosity of the oil when starting, at about 35 degrees (temperature) surely is a factor and will think about. The 2 step timing is also something to consider and I know I can tune the fast idle and choke closure on another carb to get closer to what I want.

I don't drive this everyday, in fact last Sunday was the first time out in 4 weeks. I don't expect it to start like a remote start vehicle with FI, I just want to get it a little better, a little improvement.

With the situation in our country, world and the economy, this may be my last hot rod, hope not, but I am going to try to baby it the best I can, that is until it hits a deserted patch of road or the 1320'.

Thanks again!!