edelbrock carb tuning?

it would also be good to make sure you have your adjustment screws tuned properly!

yes they mainly only effect the air/fuel ratio at idle but they do slightly effect the idle to throttle transition aswell.

this is also assuming your timing is good,spark plugs and wires are good,fuel system has been taken care of and all that aswell.

start the car,let it idle...... (some people do this slightly different than others but they all pretty much land you the same result) starting with the right adjustment screw.....turn it to the right until you can hear and audible difference in the idle of your engine....then turn it back to the left a quarter of a turn.

do the same thing with the left side.

( I believe this adjustment put the engine on the rich side of a tune.......to put it on the lean side you would do the opposite) meaning......instead of turning to the right you would turn to the left until you hear and audible difference in the idle ...at which point you would turn back to the right a quarter of a turn.

again....this mainly effects idle but can play a roll in the idle to initial throttle transition.

you will also want to make sure your choke is working properly .

you say sometimes it will melt the tires and other times not so much which sounds like an intermittent problem (wich would not be associated with internal tuning like jets and what not is what I would think) more so something as simple as your choke linkage is sticking every once and awhile and either bogging it down because the choke is closed somewhat when hot or because its open to much when cold.

lots of different factors can come into play.

as for the carb debate.....you will have your holley guys and your eddy guys and so on just as you would a chevy guy or a mopar guy.......does not mean one is better than the other....just means certain people have certain preference.

sure a holley can be pretty extensively tuned.....compared to an eddy but even and eddy has a pretty wide range of tuning capability.

holleys have more spots that can develop fuel leaks compared to an eddy.

they each have high and low points....I PERSONALLY like edelbrock.