Why are you disagreeing, have you had that combo ?
I have. and it ain't fun.
I have. and it ain't fun.
Edelbrock carb adjustment
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LOL I was playing with carters when you were running scooters in high school. lol
I'm only a couple years older than you.
That's where all my Holleys go.
PRH
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That’s the formula to make them idle with a big cam....... you need two of them.
For those that didn’t catch it the first time........
weedburner
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Nitrous. lol
j par
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you think because you post like a yr and you act like you're coming from a higher more experience place that people are going to believe..
Facts, timeslips, numbers?
Or are you just running your neck on the internet...
It took two edelbrocks ......
To run with one Holley.....
To run with one Holley.....
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.
yellow rose
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j par
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There's no one with indisputable facts that one carb is better than the other....
When people act or come from a place that they think one is they're full of crap..
At least I like to say my opinion not fact...
Just say one brand of carburetor is going to be the best in every given situation I believe in my opinion is just being ignorant and bullheaded....
When people act or come from a place that they think one is they're full of crap..
At least I like to say my opinion not fact...
Just say one brand of carburetor is going to be the best in every given situation I believe in my opinion is just being ignorant and bullheaded....
j par
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You said the word lying I didn't...
I was implying full of self-assured bull crap..... Like you...
j par
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One more thing..(rip columbo) throwing a well-orchestrated temper tantrum is it going to make things believable...
yellow rose
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The difference is I can tune. People PAY me to do it. I can tune either a Holley or the C/E, but my choice is always a Holley based carb.
Anyone who argues you can do as much with the C/E stuff is either lying or doesn’t know. You can’t.
Change the rules in Stock and Super Stock and the classes would be overrun with Holley carbs. And I’m betting the National Records would drop.
j par
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Have you worked with every combination possible with both Edelbrock and Holley carburetors...?I'll ask again, have you worked with the below combo or similar
I'll ask again, have you worked with the below combo or similar
Yes!. Car idled and ran better with the 800 AVS I put on it out of frustration while trying to clean up the idle on a 4 corner 750 carb with quick fuel metering blocks. I didn't pursue the Holley after that because I was so surprised by how the AVS ran.
yellow rose
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Have you worked with every combination possible with both Edelbrock and Holley carburetors...?
Have you?
Can't say I have. lol but plenty to know Carter style carbs have a transition problem off idle with more than stock camshafts.Have you worked with every combination possible with both Edelbrock and Holley carburetors...?
Them bouncy metering rods can raise hell with calibration.
Flat spot at launch was a problem I never could cure.
Some good info here when the Eddie 1407 was discussed on SpeedTalk
Edelbrock 1407 - Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk
If the Carb is calibrated right there should not be any real issues. Boosters in the the Edelbrock 750 are too short and need to be lengthened like they were in the original carter carbs. In Short find an old 750 Carter and swap the boosters over.
Edelbrock 1407 - Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk
If the Carb is calibrated right there should not be any real issues. Boosters in the the Edelbrock 750 are too short and need to be lengthened like they were in the original carter carbs. In Short find an old 750 Carter and swap the boosters over.
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j par
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So it couldn't be a lack of experience in tuning Edelbrock.. it was the carbs fault.. LOL...
I myself have some more tuning to do..
Switching heads have brought up some small performance issues... Nothing some more time and testing won't cure I'm sure...
Funny, I plopped a 69 HP 440 AVS on my brothers 289 while I was "tuning" his Holley again. Finished the Holley and went to swap it back on the Mustang, and he told me to sell it, he wasn't giving the Carter AVS back. That carb has sent many a Holley to eBay heaven. I'll buy that carb every chance I get.
A 440 AVS? One of my favorite carbs!
PRH
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As is always the case with this argument....... no one is changing anyone else’s mind.
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