Holley's science vs Edelbrock simplicity?
Had both prefer Edelbrock.
Ditto, a TQ or AVS please.
It's simple, if you want the engine to run better and run quicker, get a Holley.
Most Holley's will be closer in tune on any given combo.
Ehhhh, not really every time..... Sometimes they have been beyond pig rich for me. Combo dependent! Nothing more, nothing less.
- I can change JETS faster in a Holley than anyone can in a Eddy. Eddy owners have "minimum" control of jetting with the metering rods/springs, but must remove the top of the carb to change the JETS. And, the jetting on a Holley is much easier to understand than a eddy. Talk about science, on a eddy you have to add/subtract the metering rod into the jet size..... LOL
- All the other "tuning" you mentioned for the Holley is for precise tuning. Not that the eddy don't NEED it, it just don't offer it... LOL
The Holley has the ability to be “Precision Tuned” Oliver an Edelbrock carb with so many internal & external adjustment points, an expert should be able to get them to run like fuel injection.
The problem with the Carter is simple.....
Not enough needle and seat area.
Disagree there!
Ability to tune individual circuits on the Carter is much more difficult. Not that it can't be done. It's just much more time consuming.
The Holley is relatively simple. The real problem is that for more decades than I care to admit, the idiots at Holley and the neophytes who write trash articles teach people incorrect tuning for the Holley. The biggest mistake guys make is not getting the power valve timed correctly. That's HUGE for a street driven car. And Holley is evidently too stupid to teach its users how the main jet and the power valve work together and how to tune for cruise and WOT using both. That has done more damage to Holley tune ups than anything else.
The science of both carbs is the same. A correctly tuned Holley will out power, out drive and out MPG a Carter all day long.
Agree there!
I’d like to add that a Holley can be confusing to new guys to the carb with so many adjustments available to the carb in and out. This is Daunting! As well as confusing. Once you understand, yes, simple. Not everybody has the will, want or brain power.
The Carter is simple. The amount of adjustment to it is limited. Making it difficult to dial in like fuel injection. The secondary on the 750 AFB needs to be modified for a serious engine. (Ridiculous!!!)
The Carter or the slightly updated Edelbrock version (and I mean slightly!) is just a stock carb that can handle only so much as is. Modifications to only so far and still pale to a basic Holley. But they can run!
I think the biggest problem with people advising a Holleyfor use is just saying, “Get a Holley” without saying which one and why and lord help us anything I gotta information or further parts to get that are needed or maybe of use & helpful. There are to many Holley’s offered to just make the blanket statement of “Go get one.”
Comparing the two carbs isn’t a fair game with the available upper level Holley. It’s a slaughter on the Carter. A more just and fair compression is a base 1850 or 3310 vs an AFB or AVS since all of the above were at one point a OEM carb.
