Reply to "Weber carbs - owners speak out"

Oh, forgot the cam. I doubt that any cam tech guy knows what a Weber cam is. Specifically you are looking for something with around a 246 to 251 duration at .050 with an overlap of roughly 28 to 40 degrees. Lift is the least important factor with a big valve Cleveland. Duration is more important. You don't need to be crazy. A solid lifter cam in the .525 to .550 range is plenty. Anthing more then that I think you are just beating up you valve train for little gain.
You are going to play with everything "a little", i.e., advance, idle screws, linkage, etc, but you are looking at an engine that idles well at 1,000 rpms and is very responsive off of idle. It's the "playing with it" where guys loose patience with it. Yes they change with the weather and yes sometimes it is tough to tell if that's all there is.
This is not a casual set up for people who want to look cool. This is very serious performance stuff run by the some of the best race teams there ever were.