Thanks for the input so far. I forgot about the Diplomats and their 2.45 rear gears. I had one and it was a pig around town. It did cruise nicely on the highway.

I will most likely make the Power Tour with a carburetor. However, I will be reverting back to my old ways and stuffing this in the Imperial.



When I do that, I'll probably switch back to the smaller 900 cfm throttle body. No doubt throttle response would be much better than with the 1700 cfm unit I've currently got on it.

There is a slim chance it will be EFI'd for the Tour but that will depend on how the rest of the build is going.

Within a year carb tuning should not be an issue.