Awesome thread Mike, that is exactly the info I was looking for. The carb parts catalog is a good idea too, my pops works at Napa so that should be easy. Kind of a duh but oh well.

As far as what engine I'll probably do this on my 327 small block chevy first, later on I thought it might be cool to design my own sheet metal intake for the cad 472 motor and run eight single barrels, i don't know how it would perform but mostly an experiment in something off the wall. Carbs are still a mystery to me and I'd like to become fairly knowledgable on them. As you said in your other thread they are becoming more and more popular so I think the knowledge itself could pay later somehow.

Any suggestions for good reads on carbs in general? I was looking through the chiltons carb rebuild book at pep boys and it looked pretty good but my experience with those is that it looks comprehensive in the store but when you go to use it the info you need is never there. Thanks guys.