As a child, my family had a '65 Falcon with a 289 with an Edelbrock intake and a 600 Holley double pumper.
Had an idiotic 3-on-the-tree manual transmission.
It would scoot pretty good but no where near as good as the other car which was a 68 Pontiac Ventura 428 with a tri-power 3x2bbl setup on it.
My parents traded the Falcon in on a 73 Pontiac Catalina with a 350 4bbl. That thing was a 175hp gutless pig.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, AGITATION, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, AGGRAVATION, INSTIGATION, NUISANCE-ACTION, and HAVOC !