tomorrow I will be placing the following setup on my 302

Edelbrock 2121 manifold and Edelbrock 1406 Carb




I'm very excited and nervous, since this is my first project all by myself and I'm not quite the master mechanic but I grasp things fast and learn from mine and other's mistakes.

I'll keep everyone posted on how this turns out and how it runs!

 

Looks like a nice set up. Good luck with it

 

looks good, should work fine. are you using a phenolic block between carb and manifold?

 

No, when I took it autozone we spent about 30 min's putting it together, only issue was that these little slots ( the one's with circle's around them) one side was visible a tiny bit and they recommend getting an adapter about 20 bucks and it would rise it above the manifold about an inch and putting a gasket on both side's. Should work in theory! He recommended I see his friend who would tell me what else i would need if I showed hima picture of my current set up this guy build's engine so he'd hook me up.

Let me know

 

Thanks! I really like this forum, everyone is really supportive no matter what skill level your at

 

Looks like a good setup.

If you bought these new, they should come with good instructions that tell exactly what you need to make it work. If not, you can get the instructions at edelbrock.com. Go to "Edelbrock Automotive" then look down the menus on the left for "Installation and Tech". There you will find instructions for pretty much everything they sell.

Being your first solo project, follow the instructions well. Especially be careful about over torquing the intake bolts. Use a torque wrench, 20 ft. lbs. isn't as tight as you might think. The instructions will show the sequence and have the actual specifications.

I like Edelbrock. I think the Edelbrock carbs just look mean. You need a breather that will show it off.

 

The Carb I bought used, I know i may need a new throttle plate and or linkage that I can buy from this guy today.

The intake I bought new so it has all the parts included, minus gasket and manifold bolts. I will buy a torque rench today 10-100 ft lb one at autozone. I'll follow the directions to a T and I'm hoping this time tomorrow I will have a post here or a new threat saying it works.

Then move on to replacing my distributor and fuel lines and filter's etc.
doing the oil change etc

 

Are you running headers already?

 

stock header's, debating between hedman and hooker

 

A tip about the intake bolts - Since the intake is "V" shaped, it will settle or "bed" in to the gaskets and heads as it is torqued down. That means that the intake will continue to pull down and away from the bolts that are tightened first as the later ones are tightened leaving the first few loose again. Don't make the mistake of going over the bolts with the torque wrench once in the proper sequence and then moving on. Torque them to spec in the proper sequence and then go over them again. I guarantee that you'll find that the first few bolts in the sequence have to be tightened again to meet the torque spec. I always go over intake bolts a minimum of three times in sequence or as many times as it takes to get it to the point where every bolt is already tightened to spec when I check them. Anything less will risk vacuum or water leaks.

 

I don't think that's the carb that's intended for that manifold. Summit's calculator for carb cfm shows a "street" 302 spinning at a max of 6,000 RPM should use a 450 cfm carb. The manifold is designed for use up to 5,500 RPM. Summit only recommends a 600 for racing 302's. You have a racing-level carb and a street-level manifold. That probably explains the ports hanging over the manifold.

 

I went to Morgans Auto shop by me, they've been around for a long time building cars. I brought what I had and explained the problem to which he knew exactly what was wrong and got me set up to just bolt these in tomorrow, I'm going to pick up a piece tomorrow and hopefully I will be bolting this in tomorrow night, if not friday afternoon for sure and possibly driving it on sat and sun for a few hours