Single or dual quad 427 s/o?

[Flygirl]

I'd like to be able to pop the hood and see the 427 logo on the pentroof rocker covers that matches the one on the outside of the car, and when I'm driving know it's a real side oiler. Why I can't tell you, it's kind of an emotional reaction.

Makes no sense in a way, a newer replica Cobra with a 45 year old engine.

But since the hood will (we hope) be closed most of the time, idling in traffic and not overheating and being reasonably tractable at lower speeds is important. A nice lumpy idle but nothing too extreme. A 427 s/o in that little car is extreme enough for me, even in lower powered (relatively) street tune.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm asking too much.

[patrickt]

It's pretty tough to wrap a Turkey Pan around dual carbs. Personally, that's one of my favorite looks to these cars -- you don't see it anywhere else. That's the main reason I went with a single. Plus, it's ridiculously easy to tune my single Holley four barrel and the center hung floats are an advantage in the corners (that's at the bottom of the importance scale to me, but to others it can be at the top).

EDIT -- btw, I'm told that the Turkey Pan increases steetability by helping to prevent the heat soak percolation in the carb from the heat. I don't know that to be a fact, though.