whats your favorite carb?

[chris015]

I voted for holley,but I like carter too!

[BlacK20]

speed demon is the cheap ones, any cheap carb is worthless.

I considered my Holley Street Avenger "Cheap" bolted right on and few adjustments, its been great.

[68post]

There have always been problems blamed on any brand of carb, and always ones within each brand that performed flawless.

The biggest problem is that they're hard to understand and even harder to tune correctly. Other times the carb gets blamed when it's something else entirely.

They're all good when they're good carbs on a good running engine, find one you understand and are comfortable working on it.

[SierraDan]

That's why I want a 500CFM Edelbrock, they work great out of the box on a stock engine. I had a 600 on my Silverado but 600 is a bit much.

[68post]

That's why I want a 500CFM Edelbrock, they work great out of the box on a stock engine. I had a 600 on my Silverado but 600 is a bit much.

Hard for any vac secondary carb to be too big on a dualplane intake really. BUT, the 500 does work very well until you reach the max rpm of a 350.
The factory intake and carb are great on a stock engine and any engine from 3,000 rpm and below.

[SierraDan]

The factory Q-Jet is a 600CFM right? I think 500 works well for economy, since I rarely take my trucks past 3000rpm.

[68post]

The factory Q-Jet is a 600CFM right? I think 500 works well for economy, since I rarely take my trucks past 3000rpm.

Most qjets are 750, some are 800 - not many.
None are any smaller but the factory put limiters on the secondaries of some (alot of mid '70's 305's came with an 800 cfm carb and limited secondarys !?)

A 500 would work great for you !

[1badbowtie4x4]

800's came on bbc only.

[SierraDan]

What about the Q-Jet on the early 4.3's? Seems like 750 would be too much for a V6.

[MREYNA]

I've ran holley with no problems,from 650 double pumper,to 1050 race carbs...holley is my favorite

[68post]

800's came on bbc only.

No 800's on bbc's !
Buick and some rare pontiac came with 800's, then the mid '70's smog carbs had alot of 800's (aprx '75 to '78).

Honest Injun.

[68post]

What about the Q-Jet on the early 4.3's? Seems like 750 would be too much for a V6.

It would be a restricted secondary carb I'd think. You have to remember that the vacuum secondaries will only open to the airflow that the engine demands, not like a mechanical secondary carb that opens all four barrels with linkage.

[68post]

800 qjets have a larger primary bore at the center of the venturi.

[Ranger75TH]

I personally have always liked edelbrock. Easy to use right out of the box and alot less problems overall.

[LEROYDOZOIS]

Ah, the good ole question. Usually when you ask this, everyone who has next to no experience with different carb styles will be the first to throw in their useless opinions. I get this question a lot at work and respond, "Couldn't tell ya because the only carbureted vehicle I've ever owned doesn't use any of those brands. Do some research online but watch out for opinion based statments because Holley vs. Edelbrock is like Pepsi vs. Coke or GM vs. Ford." Then they ask what kind of car and carbs I own and I have to explain my Hitachi built SUs from the 70's and they usually just walk away with confused looks. Some of my less intelligent co-workers are the first ones to shout out, "Get a Holley, Edelbrock is junk," when I know damn well they couldn't tell you the difference between a float bowl and a base plate.

i like this :)

its so true, noone knows what theyre talking about, yet they jus know ?!?!?!

my burban had a old 72 ish 800cfm quadrajet on it, and i have my buddy teach me how to rebuild them... he kept saying ( this thing is ollllllld ) and he was saying how newer models have different power pistions and the way the float has no stop ect.... but the only issue we have even had with qjets is i have a tendancy to not wanna harp on the carb screws, and my base plates like to come loose after the gaskets kinda compact... its fine with me, i get to take em apart again and play with em XD

we have a old carter carb, the same as the edlebrock 1406, and i really dont like how the floats are set up in it... its got 2 big float bowls and they jus look like it wants to drink gass......

idk if ill rebuilt it, dont got the $$$ for a 35$ rebuild kit.

[91vortec]

lollll i hear funny things all the time.... like when i was in hs a few years ago i took my 70 rs ss camaro to autoshop and kids there would be like "why do you have a holley? my dad has a 1050 dominator you need one or a edelbrock" baha when i only have a 500 hp 383 that i dont go past 7000 rpms with that already has a 830 dp on it. then a kid brought a c10 with his dads dominator from a 1200 hp bbc on a stock 350 and couldnt figure outs why he used a tank of gas and why it had no power. all he did was blow black smoke hahaha. i love carb talk, always makes me laugh

[BlacK20]

800's came on bbc only.

Not true at all...

[jfsjr92]

edlebrock just cause its what came on my truck lol

[whitelightnin92]

my biggest problem with holleys is getting the bowls to seal. theyre a real pain. i have no complaint with edelbrocks other than when they get hot the fuel wants to boil over the bowls. thats an easy fix tho

[bii4x4]

always had problems with edelbrock, and quadrajunks arent good for anything except a door stop IMO