Danny Byrd

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Mike Keener

Hey Lynn..How are ya man?!

The way I read the 66 blueprint specs it looks like both combos us a small Holley but the carb notes appear to me that the 350 hp is a bit bigger than the 275 hp.

In 67 the 275 used a QJet which is obviously superior, but the 350 disappeared at the end of 66 unless it hung around in a Corvette but I'm too lazy to look. I know one thing- there was never a 327/350 offered in a Camaro. Not even in a 69 car which which offered the most engine options I have ever seen.

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.

[Eddie Rezac]

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.

I have been in the auto repair business since the 1950"s, and worked on a ton of these cars, I also raced a record holding ,1966 Chevy II, in SS/H in the 1980"s . The majority of the 1966, Chevy 327, 275 Hp engines in all body styles, that I have came across, had the Q-Jet carb! I even have the the original NHRA spec sheets, that I received from our Div 5 tech director, in the late 60's, showing all 3 carbs, available, and I tried them all. The Q-Jet was by far the fastest!
Eddie Rezac

[Mark Yacavone]

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.

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.

[Lyn Smith]

Wouldnt it be a little less carb? The holley is rated at 585.the q jet around 700cfm.