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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone
Mike , back in about 72-73 , the 540 Holley was the only carb available on the 66 Chevy II.
Joe Santangelo's original 66 ht ran 11.11 on our 11.33 record with that carb. at the end of '73. That car was nowhere near what we have in STOCK today. (2.52 Muncie, 28x9 slicks, 5.13's with slapper bars, NO roll bar)
I started to build a 66 post car for SS/E ..where the record was 11.10 at that time, and you got to use a 585 Holley..That project got sidelined when the index system was rumored.
You could use the Carter AVS in 66, but not the Qjet (I'm pretty sure Mike Moller used the AVS on his SS/K wagon)
Larry Tores came out with the 67 post car with a Q jet, and after a while ,NHRA relented on the Qjet 66 car.
The SS/GT car that Byron Setters has ,is the Corvette 300 hp version (585 carb), with some HP taken off, compared to the Qjet. I guess he and Gary Hettler tried to get some more off for the 540 Holley Chevy II engine, which should be somewhere in between the 65 4GC version, and what he has now, but NHRA said NO..Enough of this.
There ya go..best I can remember all this.
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I just realized I had conflicting info in the same post.
The AVS was available on the Chevy II , also , but not The Qjet, according to NHRA, in 73-74.
I'm sure the Qjet would have been available on all body styles, but NHRA sure as hell wouldn't let us use it.
Incidentally, we were No.1 qualifier at the '73 World Finals in Amarillo , (using the 540 Holley) with the original h.t. "Bad Jose" car, which is now part of Eddie Chin's fleet in Rhode Island.