carbs
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2001
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From: Lakeland, FL
Cruise-In IV-V-VI-VII-VIII Veteran
St. Jude Donor '03, '06, '17
Holley mech. secondaries carb... Depending on your engine - I'd use a 650 or 750 Holley mech. secondaries double pumper...
Well - if you are not concerned about performance - go with the Holley 750 vacuum secondaries...
Well - if you are not concerned about performance - go with the Holley 750 vacuum secondaries...
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2000
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From: Ft. Walton Beach, Fl USA
Originally Posted by revRup
what carburators are all of you using on your 350ci engines? i have the stock quadrejunk mine now but am thinking of upgrading to somehting bigger and better. what do u all think?
Race Director
Joined: Jun 2000
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From: FL
Originally Posted by nastee383
If you have a stock or moderately modified motor you already have a good carb. There isn't anything better if it's tuned right.
Is your engine modified? The Holley/BG's can be easier to tune but a good Q-Jet will easily feed a modified motor, deliver good driveability and mileage. People have run 12's with Q-jets and I am feeding a 400 horse motor with one.
Swapping the carb with no other mods will do very little if the original was in good shape. Obviously, if your carb is in bad shape then any carb will be an improvement.
Tech Contributor
Joined: Aug 1999
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From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
If you intend to retain your stock intake manifold you need to stay with a Q-Jet. Holley and BG use square bore patterns and will not bolt up to the stock intake.
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Drifting
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Canberra AUSTRALIA
St. Jude Donor '05-'06
Originally Posted by lars
If you intend to retain your stock intake manifold you need to stay with a Q-Jet. Holley and BG use square bore patterns and will not bolt up to the stock intake.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Coming home from Luckenbach Texas
The carb is only one piece of the puzzle. You cannot simply slap a fancy new carb on there and expect a performance improvement. Think of the whole system instead -- in this case, it would be carb, intake, headers, and exhaust.
Tell us what your car currently has in terms of all of these (plus the engine) and we can provide ideas on the best place to start...and where to go from there
Tell us what your car currently has in terms of all of these (plus the engine) and we can provide ideas on the best place to start...and where to go from there