Holley carb Identification?

For those people who just "Love" their Edelbrock carbs........do you ever wonder what they are designed after...........for people that can remember..the "Carter/AFB" which was a bear to tune back in the day.
Everyone else has modified/redesigned their carburetors after the Holley, like Barry Grant, Quick Fuel, AED, ProForm, JET.........and the list goes on, plus Holley has been making carb's since the late 30's.........as Baddad457 has said many times, the old issues with the Holley's just don't exist anymore before of improved gaskets and machining processes..........and Holley is one of the most forgiving carb's to tune.............................IMHO

 

Well thats probably a better Idea, your car already runs. But I keep the carb for my car after the test. You have a 750 right? I can iether go through this 600 I have but Id like something bigger like at least a 650. So Ill start looking into it for the next Dyno Day.

PS find one at O riellys Ill paypal you the money, you use your employee discount and its a deal. That way if you want to run the carb on your car to tune it in the mean time its already on site. Cause Im such a nice guy and Im sure Gene would LOVE to give us His expert advice just to gloat.

 

I have a 600 right now. I also have a 750 but not on the car. I think a 650 would be ideal. Theres a couple nice Holley type carbs for sale here on the mustang boards. Alex may have jumpe don one already though.

Probably wont be a dyno day for a long time. But we could still take the car over there with Alex's help and see what it does.

 

Sounds cool to me. :bananaman Lets try the HO.

 

Now that I think about it its not so easy with my stainless steel fuel lines. I could replace the last piece going to the carb from the gauge with just some -6 hose and straight fittings I have, but would need the dual feed to the carb.

 

Im looking at Comp cams Grind #288R 2200-6500 rpms .586 .586 lift .288 .288 duration. Do you think this is too nasty with a 3200 rpm stall converter.

 

can you get it through Orielly and Ill paypal you.

 

adustable floats?

 

Reuse gaskets

I found that you can coat the gaskets with cherry flavored chapstick. Cherry flavored is high in parafin. The gaskets never stick.

 

Been doing that for 25 years!

 

i am not a cam expert. sorry. i will consult with my engine machinist and the cam company's when i choose my cams.

the cam and the converter are the last things that you should choose when building a motor/car.

the cam really depends on what components you end up using.

a converter company will want to know your cam specs along with every other spec of the vehicle. so your going at it backwards having the converter first.

now with the afr 185 heads, i know just from experience that the trick flow stage 2 cam works really well together. thats about all the guidance i can offer on cam selection for your car.

 

That can happen to anyone's carb, any brand. Could be from too much fuel pressure too. Or the installer's failure to use a fuel filter. That's not the fault of the design. I bought one Holley that appeared to be hardly used. When I took it apart, I noticed a couple things that told me why the guy who got rid of it. The Primary fuel filter inside the inlet was completely plugged with what appeared to be red mud. The secondary side filter was squeaky clean. This told me two things: one was he never bothered to use a fuel filter before the carb. And two, he never bothered to tune the carb as the secondaries had never been opened in operation. He just bolted it on an went his merry way, until he eventually ran out of fuel when the primary side ran dry. I'll bet he bought an Edelbrock carb at that point. And I got a nearly new Holley 3310 for $100

 

There's nothing mysterious about tuning a triple duece setup. The center carb is the primary carb. The end carbs are the secondaries. The linkage is progressive, you only have to adjust it to be sure all carbs are open fully at WOT. And adjust the center carb for idle. Once you've run it, then pull the spark plugs and rejet as necessary to achieve the right mixture. It's no harder than tuning a 2 bbl carb. Does it take a little more time ? yea it does. But once you hear them at WOT with a quiet exhaust, you're hooked for life. There's no other sound like em. With their smallish cfm ratings, I get the fuel economy (16 to 18 running at 75 mph at 3500 rpms in the Comet) and the kick in the pants when you nail the pedal. You can feel the pedal get stiffer when the linkage gets to the secondaries, so you're able to control the secs to give you better mileage. Even on the center carb, it flows enough to get the car to 80-90 mph on it alone.

 

A carb is only as good as the guy setting it up.

 

That is what I figured but I didnt persue a solution cause I never had anyone explane it. That is way simple.