Edelbrock carb adjustment

PRH said
Please point me towards which currently available Edelbrock/Carter carb would be suitable for a 650hp+ hot street/strip or bracket race engine with a cam that’s got over [email protected] duration in a single carb application.

I want one that doesn’t require reengineering all the circuits so it will idle in gear and also provide adequate fuel flow capacity for the 650hp+.

Joe Sherman said he liked the 800 afb on anything up to 550 HP. Said it even used less fuel than the Holleys.

"My experience has been very good with the Edelbrock carbs. I keep an Edelbrock 800 for starting up all the street engines I build. It has proven to be as good or better than anything I have run up against up to about 550 HP... Just last week, I ran A fresh 383 engine on the dyno, and it made 545 Hp with the 800 Edelbrock.. I put on the new 750 Hp Holley, and the best I could do after jetting was 541 HP. I have seen this relationship at least 20 or 30 times in the last ten years.. I will admit that I have done some minor rework on the Edelbrock carb--- I removed all the choke mechanism, and smoothed out all the sharp edges on the top of the carb body ( Ededbrock ) These minor tricks increased the air flow about 40 CFM over thew out of the box numbers.I sell as many Edelbrock carbs as the other types . ( i prefer Quick Fuel over Holley )"

And

"Here is a cute story I have to share . About six or sever years ago, my son was using his race car to teach one of his kids how to drive at the drag strip.. The car was a 1965 Nova, with a 383 that I did for a magazine project for Super Chevy. It had GM Vortec iron heads. Custom Hyd roller , RPM Air Gap, HEI distributor, and the now famous 800 Edelbrock. It was 10 to one, built for pump gas.. At the local little 1/8 mile strip ( parking lot at Perris oval track ) it ran times like 6.60 at 105--- The fastest car there was always a Jeep with a 454 Chevy and NOS. He also ran 6.60 at 105.. One night , the announcer asked to have a match race with my sons Nova and the Jeep.. Well, after my son BEAT the Jeep in a real close race ( about 5 feet ) the owner of the jeep came over to look at the Nova. He made fun of the fact that it hade the Edelbrock carb and HEI distributor. He also said he had NEVER been beaten in two years of running there at that track... HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT. DID HE ???--- This is the same car that has run 8.75 at 153 lately"

Some guys seem to be able to make them work.