carb installation
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carb installation
Ok I've bought just about everything and looking to do my engine on a sunny weekend so far I bought a clifford intake a set of headers long pipe a flowmaster muffler the fel-pro gasket and a four barrell 600 cfm holley carb with two additional parts for a ford w no o/d tranny kickdown i guess question is any thing else needed to do this job to my 78 f150 with a h/d300 six ie.. accelerator cable springs such and such any replies greatly appreciated ps any idea about what kind of horsepower this will give me .....
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carb installation
If that engine is stock internally, you may have too big of a carb for it. Most 300-6's are quite happy with a 390cfm 4BBL, or a 350cfm 2BBL. You will need a new accelerator cable as well, if the intake doesn't come with one. The stock-style one crosses over the valve cover, and the carb pulls sideways. You want to mount a 2BBL or 4BBL so that the carb pulls front to back, and the stock cable isn't long enough.
Last edited by Ford_Six; Jun 29, 2003 at 11:19 PM.
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From: The Big, Oregon
carb installation
Maybe by disabling the secondaries.......
Do the headers allow you to change the starter without taking them off? If not, you may want to get a heat shield for the starter, to help it last a little longer.
Do the headers allow you to change the starter without taking them off? If not, you may want to get a heat shield for the starter, to help it last a little longer.
