Hotrod,
I agree with you that the more carbs you have, the more problems you might encounter. However, I haved synchonized multiple carbs on VWs and English sports cars that had separate intake paths for each carburetor. Most multicarb intakes for 216/235/261 engines have the carbs mounted on the same (shared) intake path/journal. In this type of set-up, are you synchronizing the carbs or just trying to equalize adjustments of idle speed and mixture (tuning them)?
Maybe my understanding of the term "synchronization of carburetors" is wrong: balancing the fuel intake (actually the fuel combustion) in each cylinder (or each pair/set of cylinders).
Nonetheless, no matter what the terms refer to, and no matter that a single-carb intake might not have the same appearance as a multi-carb intake, I agree that a single 2 or 4 barrel carb would be easier to install, set-up, and tune (and would most likely run more economically).
Tim
