carb's are not all that bad guys, however that eddy carb is a POS (mind you thats my .02, i hate and always will hate eddy carbs). You can get some pretty tricked out holley's (or holley based) carbs and a good carb tuner can tune them just as well as an EFI setup or damn close.

However, in that guys case... i dont know, but you know what. It is different, and i wont knock him for that! How many gen1 SBC's do you see in 2000+ trucks LOL one of a kind!