600cfm enough?
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600cfm enough?
i have a holley 600CFM carb with edelbrock intake. i was goin to put it on my 79 460 bored .10 over. it has a edelbrock plus cam and headers. many ppl have told me 750-800CFM. i thought i heard stock 4350 motorcraft carb was 450cfm or sumpin. i know i many not hit peak power with a 600, but it still should be streetable?
#2
It will be streetable but it will be starving over about 4500. If you are not planning on getting on it any you can drive it with the 600. I would seriously consider a 750 cfm or larger. You can go to Holley.com and they have a calculator that will give you the optimum carb for your set up. I started out with a 650 and mine wouldnt hardly turn over 4500. Changed to an 850 Doble Pumper it came alive in the upper RPM range.
#3
Originally Posted by bhardy501
It will be streetable but it will be starving over about 4500. If you are not planning on getting on it any you can drive it with the 600. I would seriously consider a 750 cfm or larger. You can go to Holley.com and they have a calculator that will give you the optimum carb for your set up. I started out with a 650 and mine wouldnt hardly turn over 4500. Changed to an 850 Doble Pumper it came alive in the upper RPM range.
Last edited by Bear 45/70; 04-24-2007 at 03:07 PM.
#4
Originally Posted by Bear 45/70
Yep, and it hurt gas mileage and beat up the bottom end torque. Double pumpers are race carbs and do not belong on street machines Expesially big heavy trucks (compared to muscle cars they are big and heavy) because of the mechanical secondaries. Unless you are turning 6000 rpms the 850 is too big.
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Originally Posted by bhardy501
I just ran the calculator on Holley.com and specs for a mildly modified (headers and mild cam) with a top RPM of 5500 and vac. secondarys. It came up with a 750-770 CFM Vac. Secondary carb. I also ran it as bone stock with a max of 5000 rpm and it was between 650 and 750 cfm.
#7
thanks for the great info. ill run this 600 for now. im lookin for bottom end grunt. 4500-5000 is about all the rpm i want, im goin for a nice street / cruzer set up. i have a older holley 750 with vac secondarys. im not sure if its a double pumper. it was run on a 350 chevy. its been sittin for a few yrs now, that one could prob use a complete rebuild. does anyone support runnin a 1'' spacer or so between the carb n intake?
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