05/15/2025
I’m fully expecting this post to generate a few “Has Stan lost his mind?” comments. I’ll explain my reasons for it in a bit, but lets get the important part out of the way first – SOMEBODY is about to get an amazing deal on a really, really good carburetor.
In December of 2023, we introduced our “Black Ops” version of Holley’s 80541-2 650HP gauge-legal 4brl carb. We weren’t expecting to sell a lot of them (even though it didn’t exactly turn out that way) for several reasons, the biggest being price. They take a lot of hours – in both machining and hand work - to build, and just like ZZ Top…we “Gotsta Get Paid.” Also, the horsepower increase from the Black Ops carburetor’s increased airflow capacity over our mid-level 650GL only became significant – and therefore only justified the price difference – with a 604 crate engine or better. 602 crate engines always showed a gain with the Black Ops carb vs. our 650GL, but that gain rarely exceeded 5 horsepower, whereas a 604 (along with a “built” engine) usually gains between 10 and 12. If you race a 602 crate and have to run a gauge-legal 650 4brl carb and need new shocks, or sway bars, or wheels, or brakes, or whatever…those items were simply a more cost-effective use of the $900 price difference between the two carbs. I've explained this to probably twenty or more customers over the past year, and was often thanked for being candid and not trying to over-sell our products. Now to my point:
Since January of this year, we’ve quietly been working on an improved version of our Black Ops 650, and now it’s ready. Flow bench tested, dyno tested, track tested…and just as importantly, TECH SHED tested. It’s just plain bad-ass fast, even on a 602. I have never, and will never, represent anything that we sell as being our “very best effort” if it truly is not, and that’s where we are regarding our last remaining in-stock 650 Black Ops Version 1.0 carburetor. Until today, I would have told anyone that this is the best gauge-legal 650HP oval track carburetor available anywhere and sincerely believed that to be true, but not anymore. Here then, is the deal:
We’re going to sell this last new 650 Black Ops “Version 1.0” gauge-legal 4brl carburetor along with one of our dedicated 1” thick 602 or 604 spacers, as appropriate for the buyer’s application, for $1600.00. That’s $19.00 shy of 50% off. This is obviously a “one of one” offer, so give us a call if you’re interested.