Rebuild or Buy New Carbureter..500 or 600?
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Rebuild or Buy New Carbureter..500 or 600?
I will be running a 350 cruiser engine with an automatic in my 48 F-3. I am not interested in high performance or racing but I am interested in gas mileage. I will be running an Edelbrock Torquer manifold. I have a 600 CFM Holley electric choke carburetor that I picked up used and it has not been run in about 5 years. It appear okay but it is missing a piece of linkage that opens the rear barrels.
My question is this. Should I have the Holley rebuilt (I'd have hire it out since I know nothing about rebuilding a Holley) and try to find and replace the piece of missing linkage or should I just buy a new carburetor?
I don't want to spend a lot of money on this Holley, find out it is junk and have to start over. If I buy new I was thinking of going the Carter or Edelbrock route with either a 500 or 600 CFM carburetor or possibly another Holley 600. Which carburetor and venturi size would best suit my means? Thanks for your comments...
Vern
My question is this. Should I have the Holley rebuilt (I'd have hire it out since I know nothing about rebuilding a Holley) and try to find and replace the piece of missing linkage or should I just buy a new carburetor?
I don't want to spend a lot of money on this Holley, find out it is junk and have to start over. If I buy new I was thinking of going the Carter or Edelbrock route with either a 500 or 600 CFM carburetor or possibly another Holley 600. Which carburetor and venturi size would best suit my means? Thanks for your comments...
Vern
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I would use a 500 cfm Edelbrock, but loose the torker manifold. It's power band is 2500-6500 rpm and will not give great throttle respnose or the best mileage due to it being an open plenum manifold. You would be better off with a Performer dual plane intake or any dual plane intake.
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Jimmy,
Thanks. I am using the Torker only because I already had it and did not want to buy a new one right now. Plans are to replace it with a Performer when I have the cash. I had this same intake manifold on a SBC 400 with a 600 Holley and got about 14MPG with it.
Thanks. I am using the Torker only because I already had it and did not want to buy a new one right now. Plans are to replace it with a Performer when I have the cash. I had this same intake manifold on a SBC 400 with a 600 Holley and got about 14MPG with it.
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