65 Biscayne

Dwight Southerland · 04-17-2008, 04:36 PM

The Holley on the 396-325hp is a 600cfm carb. The Qjet is by far the best choice of the two carb-manifold choices. The intake is cast iron for both the Holley and Rochester carbs.

The '65 big car is not available with a 396-375hp engine. That was a Chevelle only combination. The full sized car and the Corvette were available with the 396-425hp engine that shares much the same specifications as the later 396-375hp engines, including the NHRA power rating. The '65 engine has slightly less camshaft lift (497/503 vs 520/520) than the later engines, so that must be taken into consideration.

You need to go here:
http://www.nhra.com/tech_specs/engin...ts/CHEV-65.rtf

Get familiar with all those specifications because that will answer a lot of your questions.

You will not be able to get the car to 3442 lbs with an iron head big block and a driver.

04-17-2008, 04:36 PM	#16
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 2,001 Likes: 64 Liked 780 Times in 194 Posts	Re: 65 Biscayne The Holley on the 396-325hp is a 600cfm carb. The Qjet is by far the best choice of the two carb-manifold choices. The intake is cast iron for both the Holley and Rochester carbs. The '65 big car is not available with a 396-375hp engine. That was a Chevelle only combination. The full sized car and the Corvette were available with the 396-425hp engine that shares much the same specifications as the later 396-375hp engines, including the NHRA power rating. The '65 engine has slightly less camshaft lift (497/503 vs 520/520) than the later engines, so that must be taken into consideration. You need to go here: http://www.nhra.com/tech_specs/engin...ts/CHEV-65.rtf Get familiar with all those specifications because that will answer a lot of your questions. You will not be able to get the car to 3442 lbs with an iron head big block and a driver.