TQ question
Rusty, are there certain mods you do to a TQ for street/strip application that you would recommend?
For your engine/drive-line specs, you would really be best served to start with an early 850 non smogger T.Q.
With the right mods such as choke plate removal and corrected jetting(good for another 30-40 hp over stock), and several internal mods. This carb would be hard to beat in both performance and gas mileage.
I could avg 16 mpg with my 10.4:1 compression 340, with 292 dur/.480" lift cam, 340 LD Edelbrock intake, headers, 3.91 gears and 2,500 stall converter at 65 mph on the highway. No WAY to do that with a Holley or most other carbs.
The carb build is only as good as the prep work as well as having the full drive-line specs. And lastly having the correct carb for the build
So yes, a T.Q. is a great carb, responds beautifully to air flow increases and works great on modded engines when set up for modded engines. Just don't expect a totally stock early T.Q. to work best on a non stock engine, instead set it up properly and you will not be disappointed.
Here are some pics 2nd carb, of a street/strip build for a non stock 430 hp 340 I built for a customer, for a total of 910 cfm's. And the 2ndaries have been made adjustable for a quick re-jet with another 70 cfm's to increase the total flow to 980 cfm's.
and the 1st pic is a full race build for a mud racer's 540 cu in bb Ford 385 series truck. Note the blue Earls 1/8" pipe fittings at the fuel rail entries for the needle seats. This was done to cap off the opening of the fuel rails to increase(approx 35% to the needle seats) the proper fuel flow for hi hp and rpm's, an absolutely necessary mod for T.Q.'s in full race mode.
David
a street/strip build with added remove-able bleed system
and a full race build(no choke tower)and my added custom remove-able bleed system)