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| RE: Edelbrock carbs |
| By Mike McQuesten - 04/24/2001 4:07:50 PM; IP 206.193.0.120 |
| I have a different perspective on Edelbrock carbs than Bob. I've run three of them, two at one time! I ran two new E-brock, manual choke 500s with an old Offenhaeuser intake on a 428 CJ. This combination looked cool and ran well but no better E.T./mph than the PI intake/original Holley 735. There were absolutely no problems, save for even worse fuel mileage, with these carbs. I ran them right out of the box using Edelbrocks linkage kit. At this time I was also running a Schneider solid lifter cam that was similar to the stock 306 degree Ford Cam. Next I tried a new Edelbrock Performer intake with a Edelbrock 750 manual choke. There was an initial slight bog from the line with this combo. So I called Edelbrocks tech support line and the nice guy advised me to go to a different step up springs with larger metering rods. I bought an E-brock "Strip Kit" that came with various sized jets, metering rods and springs. I followed the tech guy's directions and read the booklet that came with the carb. It took minutes to make the changes and there was no gas leak mess to clean up. This took care of the bog. Power and acceleration were excellent with this combination. E.T./mph were still 13.7ish, low 100's mph. I recammed the CJ for the fourth time to SVT's one FE cam. This cam is a nice RV stick. I was running this engine in a 3,800 lb. '61 Starliner w/C-6, 3.89 rear. The ET went to low 14's/high 90's mph. This was on purpose since I was planning on installing this into my '68 F100 for utiltiy use. That's what I did and that Edelbrock 750 worked perfectly well. I did add a Mallory 110 electric fuel pump. I don't mean to be speaking badly of Holleys. I like 'em when they're not leaking and they're floats aren't stuck. So my recommendation is to run an Edelbrock performer with their 600 and you'll be pleased. No, I don't work for Edelbrock but I'm pleased with their FE product development. Have you seen that new FE Victor manifold thats available in a couple of weeks? |
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