I just went pick up a car for a friend and the guy who was working on it is the areas best tuner and he said they are just not to great to tune whats the problem . I have about 4 of them at my shop and one needs jets changed its way rich and I guess the metering rods to . help !!
nothin wrong with a good edelbrock carb. i ran 1 on a 460 for years at 4500 ft. elevation and it held a tune WAY better than any holley i ever ran. sounds like yout "tuner" has a bias against em for whatever reason.
edelbrock /carter carbs ROCK holley's **** i have had NOTHING but problems out of holleys and have only had 1 problem out of a edelbrock and that was in the manufacturing of that particular carb took it back got another no problems since if i buy a car with a holley on it , the first thing i do is pull the holley and buy an edelbrock
It's been said before, but if I had an Edelbrock that ran rich or flooded (and I have) I'd check the fuel pressure before I tore into the carb. Larry T
I've been a driveabitlity mechanic for almost 20 years. I've been playing with old cars that entire time. In my experience the properly sized Edlebrock carburetor tends to be a much more useable carburetor right out of the box. I'm not saying Edlebrock is better than Holley or vice versa. I'm only saying that the Edelbrock always seemed a little more average user-friendly to me. I like Holleys as well but it seems like Holleys tend to run best with a little more application specific 'tweaking' than the Edelbrocks need. I think it's when someone not very experienced with carburetors starts attempting to 'tweak' the Holleys that they find they are in over their head and end up making the car run worse. I think that's part of the bad reputation Holleys have gotten over the years. That and people buying carburetors WAY too big for their application and then wondering why they don't run right. Right now I have an Edlebrock on my '55 and like it just fine. I took it out of the box, set the idle speed and mixture and she was good-to-go. Nice! Jay
Not junk. Easy to tune. You're saying that you have four at the shop, and one needs some work? The implication is that the other three are OK. If the aforementioned "tuner" is the best in the area, then you need to go to a different area. Isn't a tuner normally ***ociated with imported cars?
They are sensitive to fuel pressure. You should be running a regulator set to 4-1/2. Don't just trust the pump. The float level is prone to getting out of adjustment during shipping. Drop the box upside down once from waist height, and it will be way off (high). Pull the top cover off and set it, per the instructions. While you are in there, look for and remove any crud. After that, see if you still have a problem. Don't attempt to tune until you have taken these steps, or you risk chasing ghosts and shadows.
I have had good luck with edelbrock carbs. only issue I had was junk in the gas tank clogging up the jets.
Everybody can **** on every carb. Their are downs and ups. They only like the ones they understand and can work on. Not that people are ignorant, but some carbs make more sense to some people and none to others. You just have to find what best works for you.
I have an AFB on my 383 SBC. Isn't teh Eldebrock the same thing? People thought they were the hot set up for years. Works for me
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