Help with U/SA

Jack McCarthy · 02-25-2010, 10:46 PM

best of luck...
...dig up steve & bear tarrance for carb help, he's the only one ever made the 1/2 q-jet work, and stay away from bob shaw & that caddy, he can be pretty depressing

oh yeah start drinking beer immediatley, and welcome to U/SA the class that has fun !

captain jack

joe huestis · 02-26-2010, 09:29 PM

While on the topic of U/SA cars, there was an Olds Cutlass I remember About !0 - 12 Yrs. ago with a 260 V8 combo that was killer in that class. As I recall NHRA outlawed this combo. Can anyone give the details, just wondering... I always thought another good combo for this class would be a '75 Chevy Nova with the 262 - 2bbl. V8. What do you think Billy ?
Joe Huestis
"Annie's Song" L/SA 9724
Wake Forest, N.C.

Mike Taylor 3601 · 02-27-2010, 04:18 AM

I think 260 w/4bbl. was misprint or mistake? wasn't that Bob Shaw with that combo.I've got one of those 267combo's my brother abandoned I thought about using was starting to show alot of potential and he quit the automatic only makes me lose interest.
Mike Taylor 3601

Billy Nees · 02-27-2010, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Taylor 3601

I think 260 w/4bbl. was misprint or mistake? wasn't that Bob Shaw with that combo.I've got one of those 267combo's my brother abandoned I thought about using was starting to show alot of potential and he quit the automatic only makes me lose interest.
Mike Taylor 3601

Bob didn't run that combo.

Billy Nees · 02-27-2010, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by joe huestis

While on the topic of U/SA cars, there was an Olds Cutlass I remember About !0 - 12 Yrs. ago with a 260 V8 combo that was killer in that class. As I recall NHRA outlawed this combo. Can anyone give the details, just wondering... I always thought another good combo for this class would be a '75 Chevy Nova with the 262 - 2bbl. V8. What do you think Billy ?
Joe Huestis
"Annie's Song" L/SA 9724
Wake Forest, N.C.

I remember it like it was yesterday! Yes, it was a mistake in the guide that somebody jumped on and it took NHRA a good 2 years to fix it.
Brian Philbrick runs a 75 Monza with that combo and flies! The Nova with the 262 is another one that I'm suprised noone has ever done. The cam is a bit bigger but it has a very good head and intake but only a slightly bigger carb. The carb is a lot easier to work with though (2G vs. Dualjet). At 165 HP, I don't know if it's 15 HP better (165 vs. 150) though. In a U/SA car that's 300 pounds!

joe huestis · 02-27-2010, 08:05 AM

If anyone ever considers the 262 '75-'76 combo in a Nova or Monza I have a complete Carb to pan motor available out of my '75 Monza with a DEANO 2bbl. Went .5 plus under racing part time. Needs freshening and I know with time put into it has a lot of potential as Briane's combo shows us. My 350 in my car at present is Briane's combo from 3 yrs. ago and having a blast running this combo in L/SA. Not a killer combo but competitive enough and having lots of fun !!

Mike Taylor 3601 · 02-27-2010, 02:57 PM

Was it Bob Dennis that had the 4bbl 260 olds?
Mike Taylor 3601

greg fulk · 02-27-2010, 03:22 PM

Yes it was Bob Dennis.

Dennis P Chapman · 02-27-2010, 04:46 PM

Does Bob still have that car?

02-25-2010, 10:46 PM	#1
Jack McCarthy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: lyndon ky. ... louisville area Posts: 1,322 Likes: 29 Liked 477 Times in 117 Posts	Re: Help with U/SA best of luck... ...dig up steve & bear tarrance for carb help, he's the only one ever made the 1/2 q-jet work, and stay away from bob shaw & that caddy, he can be pretty depressing oh yeah start drinking beer immediatley, and welcome to U/SA the class that has fun ! captain jack __________________ Jack McCarthy 3609 STK "the Captain"

02-26-2010, 09:29 PM	#2
joe huestis Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Youngsville, N.C. Posts: 623 Likes: 281 Liked 409 Times in 113 Posts	Re: Help with U/SA While on the topic of U/SA cars, there was an Olds Cutlass I remember About !0 - 12 Yrs. ago with a 260 V8 combo that was killer in that class. As I recall NHRA outlawed this combo. Can anyone give the details, just wondering... I always thought another good combo for this class would be a '75 Chevy Nova with the 262 - 2bbl. V8. What do you think Billy ? Joe Huestis "Annie's Song" L/SA 9724 Wake Forest, N.C. Last edited by joe huestis; 02-26-2010 at 10:07 PM.

02-27-2010, 04:18 AM	#3
Mike Taylor 3601 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somerset,Ky Posts: 1,374 Likes: 358 Liked 308 Times in 103 Posts	Re: Help with U/SA I think 260 w/4bbl. was misprint or mistake? wasn't that Bob Shaw with that combo.I've got one of those 267combo's my brother abandoned I thought about using was starting to show alot of potential and he quit the automatic only makes me lose interest. Mike Taylor 3601

02-27-2010, 08:05 AM	#6
joe huestis Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Youngsville, N.C. Posts: 623 Likes: 281 Liked 409 Times in 113 Posts	Re: Help with U/SA If anyone ever considers the 262 '75-'76 combo in a Nova or Monza I have a complete Carb to pan motor available out of my '75 Monza with a DEANO 2bbl. Went .5 plus under racing part time. Needs freshening and I know with time put into it has a lot of potential as Briane's combo shows us. My 350 in my car at present is Briane's combo from 3 yrs. ago and having a blast running this combo in L/SA. Not a killer combo but competitive enough and having lots of fun !!

02-27-2010, 02:57 PM	#7
Mike Taylor 3601 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somerset,Ky Posts: 1,374 Likes: 358 Liked 308 Times in 103 Posts	Re: Help with U/SA Was it Bob Dennis that had the 4bbl 260 olds? Mike Taylor 3601

02-27-2010, 03:22 PM	#8
greg fulk VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: jackson Posts: 1,165 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Help with U/SA Yes it was Bob Dennis. __________________ Greg Fulk 308 308X P/SA "ALL AMERICAN"

02-27-2010, 04:46 PM	#9
Dennis P Chapman VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toms River NJ Posts: 1,594 Likes: 419 Liked 53 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Help with U/SA Does Bob still have that car? __________________ Dennis P Chapman 1904 STK NHRA National Record Holder Car Owner.