Holley or Carter/Edelbrock?

[lurchsmalibu]

Street/strip.....Holley
Garage queen/grocery getter....Edelbrock

Only reasons I am running Edelbrock on the 80 is it only cost $30.oo (new) from friend and it sits ALOT now, so I don't have much to worry about as far as gaskets leaking and diaphragm(s) going bad over winter. Now I can let it set for a couple of months if needed and still go out and fire it up and drive until I'm tired with NO issues, and it performs consistently.

 

[Doober]

That's one of the things I seem to remember they claimed, the internals aren't as complicated (i.e. why the Holley is more tunable). Same here, I put the carb on & the car sat for up to a year between starts (with the 305). If I'm driving it regularly, I can go out and - as long as it's warm enough - flick the key (like you would with any EFI car today) and it fires right up, I don't even need to touch the gas pedal. If it's cold though I have to play with the throttle 'til it gets warm, mainly because I took the choke plate off (manual choke & I never hooked up a cable to it). It's run extremely well for a $25 carburetor!

 

[v8power]

slimbo, do you make your hollys have 4 corner idol? i love my holly, if you want to know how to tune them read there book.

 

[slimbo]

all the hp's have four corner idle circuits. i have never converted one from 2-4 but it wouldnt be that costly.

 

[Ed Cannon]

Ive used both for many miles and strip runs. For what your are planning use an Edelbrock.

 

[liquidh8]

Q-jet for me, unless 795 CFM isn't big enough. There is a world or tuneability in those carbs to a certain power level, if you know what you are doing. The holley/holley style is needed when you are making some real power, but I would never again have a holley a daily driver.