Good Carbs

One last big change: We replaced our familiar twin SU carburetors with a single Weber 45 DCOE carburetor and intake sourced from Pierce Manifolds–an allowable mod per many vintage racing associations. “When you look back at what the best works teams ran, the majority were using Webers,” Mike Pierce explains. A K&N filter keeps out the bad stuff.

Dyno Time

Our new hardware was assembled. Yes, we realize that we made a lot of upgrades at once. Think of it this way: We basically turned a midpack engine into something that should run closer to the sharp end of the field. Now it was time to see if the parts bill was worth it.