Olds W-30 Carb

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by t.tosto

Thanks to all who responded. I do restorations on GM muscle car Holly and Q-Jets, worked for Olds dealer in the 70's but never experienced this particular set up. Will run carb on test engine after restoration, wonder how the transition from idle to part throttle will be? Tony Tosto #3050 B/S

Tony, I suspect that if you have a mild ,short duration camshaft in the test engine ,it won't like it.
The W30 stick cam had a bunch of duration in it. I'm sure that was the reason for doing this.
Still surprised they did that, before HEI's were around to help clean up the mixture.