Holly carb ID
Holly carb ID
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ok so i guess the original poster has not replied......anyway iam having the same problem. in a pile of my dads misc mustang parts, i found a 4bbl holley carb. i asked him about it and if i could use/have it , he said its all mine. he said it came off a 289 many years ago, and has been sitting around ever since. anyway, i currently have a 2bbl on my 302, and was looking into buying a 4bbl, but now i have this one, and i have no clue how to find out which one it is. so once agian, does anyone know how to figure out what carb i have? as LXMAN1 said above, there should be a number on the front right of the choke horn....well i see a number in front of what i THINK is the choke horn.....a plate that is covering 2 of the 4 barrels, or whatever that are called. anyway the number is 6R 1717 B ....can someone please help me out. Iam kinda lost...
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Originally Posted by *70F250*
ok so i guess the original poster has not replied......anyway iam having the same problem. in a pile of my dads misc mustang parts, i found a 4bbl holley carb. i asked him about it and if i could use/have it , he said its all mine. he said it came off a 289 many years ago, and has been sitting around ever since. anyway, i currently have a 2bbl on my 302, and was looking into buying a 4bbl, but now i have this one, and i have no clue how to find out which one it is. so once agian, does anyone know how to figure out what carb i have? as LXMAN1 said above, there should be a number on the front right of the choke horn....well i see a number in front of what i THINK is the choke horn.....a plate that is covering 2 of the 4 barrels, or whatever that are called. anyway the number is 6R 1717 B ....can someone please help me out. Iam kinda lost...
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um thats a great idea....but i dont have a ebay account, and dont know how to use ebay and all that....how much $ do you think its worth, should i REALLY get rid of it?
anyway i was looking around that area and what do you know....it says LIST and a number duh... so my list number is 1850-2 and under that is 3428.
does that help, or change what this carb really is?? my main question: will it work an a 302? will it work well??
thanks
-brian
anyway i was looking around that area and what do you know....it says LIST and a number duh... so my list number is 1850-2 and under that is 3428.
does that help, or change what this carb really is?? my main question: will it work an a 302? will it work well??
thanks
-brian
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Originally Posted by *70F250*
um thats a great idea....but i dont have a ebay account, and dont know how to use ebay and all that....how much $ do you think its worth, should i REALLY get rid of it?
anyway i was looking around that area and what do you know....it says LIST and a number duh... so my list number is 1850-2 and under that is 3428.
does that help, or change what this carb really is?? my main question: will it work an a 302? will it work well??
thanks
-brian
anyway i was looking around that area and what do you know....it says LIST and a number duh... so my list number is 1850-2 and under that is 3428.
does that help, or change what this carb really is?? my main question: will it work an a 302? will it work well??
thanks
-brian
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That is a universal 600cfm vacuum secondary Holley with a manual choke. Nothing special, the least expensive carb 4bbl carb that they make. They were about $99 new when the -2 series was being made in the late 80's. The newer ones are -5 now I think. Just minor revisions. Like the -3 had plastic choke linkage that broke alot so they went back to metal on the -4.
It is a standard 4160 series carb and kits are easy to come by. AutoZone usually has them.
It is a standard 4160 series carb and kits are easy to come by. AutoZone usually has them.
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1717 Holley
I got all excited when someone said they had one of these carbs. and then shoot down when they realized that it was an 1850!!
I found this carb. not sure where, weather it was in a car that I bought or just some parts that I bought at an auction?? Anyway I have a Holley Carb that does not have a Choke or ever had a choke so no air horn for a choke and the only numbers I can find are #6B 1717 B and those numbers are on the left side of the carb where normally the choke lever would come up to operate the choke butterfly.. There is a 7B on the opposite side same place..
This is a single line vacuum secondary and there are no numbers on the metering plates either..
Please if anyone has any info on this carb please let me know!!
Thanks Bill
I found this carb. not sure where, weather it was in a car that I bought or just some parts that I bought at an auction?? Anyway I have a Holley Carb that does not have a Choke or ever had a choke so no air horn for a choke and the only numbers I can find are #6B 1717 B and those numbers are on the left side of the carb where normally the choke lever would come up to operate the choke butterfly.. There is a 7B on the opposite side same place..
This is a single line vacuum secondary and there are no numbers on the metering plates either..
Please if anyone has any info on this carb please let me know!!
Thanks Bill
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