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i need some help on getting a good carb i ordered a edelbrock 750 double pumper but i was just wanting to no if that would work pretty good so give me your opinion on what i should get thanx
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If you have a manual tansmission that carb is probably fine for a stock or very mild 460. If its an automatic vacuum secondarys are better. Of course I like Holleys or Demons myself but they are more work.
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Originally Posted by 1979HalfTonFord460
i need some help on getting a good carb i ordered a edelbrock 750 double pumper but i was just wanting to no if that would work pretty good so give me your opinion on what i should get thanx
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i have a 750 cfm edelbrock w/ man choke, and it works pretty good. i am not sure how long it has been on the truck though, and think it could use a rebuild, but i will do it when i do the rest of the motor.
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With a stock 460 this is about the right carb. Ford always seem to use more carb than the other guys.
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Originally Posted by tmyers
With a stock 460 this is about the right carb. Ford always seem to use more carb than the other guys.
but as to the origanal question, I ran an edelbrock 750 on a 460 (can remember the year off the top of my head but the truck was a 79 F150 4x4), and that carb worked real well, it got reasonably good fuel economy 12-14 on the road obviously less when using it on the farm. pulled real good, had plenty of power, and when I sold the truck a guy ran that truck in the mud drags without any changes, and did real well with it, so you won't have anyproblems with that carb
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it is a automatic i go mudding and was thinking about goin to the texanna mud drags with it i play and dont really have to pull anything unless its a chevy out of a mudhole but other than that i dont really pull anything.
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Are you sure that Edelbrock is a double-pumper? Could have changed, but when I was still playing with cars that were intended to go fast, double-pumper was a Holley with mechanical secondaries. Had one on a '74 Pontiac with a 455, was either a 660 or 750 CFM. What I remember was that if you punched it at lower speeds, it would dump way too much gas into the engine. It was intended for all-out performance, not street cars. I'd think for your 460, a vacuum-secondary 750 would be plenty.
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thanx for the help and it is a vacuum secondary the guy at oreillys didnt no what he was talkin about and had me talked into it but i got it put on there and it runs like a champ thanx guys