A guy I knew in Abilene had a 383 Hemi with 8 one barrels in a 57 Ford F100 shortbed. It would spin the wheels as fast and as long as you wanted to replace tires.

 

A 440 six pack was nice but if I had a never ending supply of money the 70 426 Hemi Cuda would be the one for me.

 

My best friend had a 66 GTO with the 389 3 deuce. What an awesome car. I just loved it, rubber in all four gears. A few years later I bought my first new car, A 1969 Z-28 with the 302 CID rated at 290 hp for insurance reasons but had more than that. I was looking to buy a corvette but took a test drive in the Z and for less $ got what what I wanted. I had no problems making the car payments, but the insurance was insane. Then uncle sam sent me a letter stating " You are herby inducted into the armed service" six months later. That's another story, but that 66 GTO is today still one of my favorites.

 

Ford had 3 dueces on the 406 and 390 engines, Mercury had them on the Super Marauder. Chevy had them on the 427 Corvette engine and even Olds got in the act on the 400 engine in the F-85 package. Chrysler came out with the option in the late 60's and early 70's. First car I saw 3 dueces on was a '58 Chevy 348 engine. Pontiac had them also in '57 or '58 on the Bonneville but were real rare.

 

Anyone remember the {not sure of the speling of his last name}Smokey Enick
cross ram. It was an after market cross tunnel ram for 2 holly 650's
Had a friend had one setup with 202/196 doublhumps on the smallblock, studs,
springs, guirdles and all. Always trying to get 10,000 rpm, and always picking
up the pieces. Those WERE the days. I used to laugh at his dumb *** every
time I beat him with my little 13 second dd.

 

Yeah I remember him. I don't think that's his last name best I can recall but he was big in my neck of the woods years back for squeezing HP out of small block Chevy V8's. Matter of fact, somewhere I have a few very old slides of some of his work in a box who knows where. He was a pioneer back then. I read many of his articals and dumped some cash on a 283 for a 57 chevy.

Edit: You might be correct, but I recall something lke Unick, don't know?

 

Here is the definition of six pack....ala 440








IF I remember the specs right: the center was rated at 400cfm and each of the ourtboard carbs were 325cfm for a total of 1050cfm. And yes, they are a pain to keep in tune and they always seem to leak somewhere....

woof
Bowser

 

Try Smokey Yunick, he was pretty good with Chevy engines.

 

Bingo PawPaw, Just found it myself and also what I loved most about the 440over the 383 was the fact that the distributor on the 440 was located on the front of the engine rather than on the rear like the 383. Made changing points, condenser and distributor work much easier. Anybody else remember those days?

 

Back in about 62, Austin Healey's had three SU carbs on their big 6 cylinder motors. (a real bitch to keep tuned)
I also owned a 66 GTO 3dueces like PawPaw's, mean machine, not too bad to keep tuned, but eventually traded it for a 67 that seemed to have more power with easier to maintain fuel system.

 

Those were the days. Days of the muscle car. This thread has brought back some good memories. I remember struggling with those SU carbs too, what a pain. It was fun times but cars today handle better, ride better and in some cases accelerate faster. At my age I like that. Matter of fact, I believe my F-150 handles the road better than the Z-28 I had in 69. It always seemed to push in the corners, maybe due to the traction masters and mickey thomsons I had on the rear for launch

 

If I'm not mistaken, the 383 had a front distributor. You sure you aren't thinking of the 413?

 

You could be right, maybe I'm thinking of the 318, and come to think of it, I believe there was a 383 wedge that had the distributor at the front. It was along time ago. Maybe I'll find something more about it. I do remember how much easier it was doing tune ups on the 440 especially if it had dual point distributor, didn't have to bend over a hot engine!

 

Friend of mine had a 65 Dodge Coronet with a 383 with dual points. It was up front.