Dilemma, Holley/Edel

[Brown Bear]

Ok guys/gals, here's my dilemma. I'm probably going to go up to a 4v carb and mani sometime here in the near future. I'm going with a new carb as compared to a reman. Which carb should I go for. I know that there are a lot of opinions on both sides and, well, I would just like to hear some of them. My truck will be used as mostly a daily drive, occasional trailering, and occasional mild off-roading. I'm willing to put in the time to properly tune the carb right the first time, but don't want to have to do it every weekend, if you catch my drift. Thanks in advance.

[64Trvlr]

OK, here's a good place for a question of mine. I've noticed this statement several times now, " I don't want to have to adjust my carb every weekend " .
Unless there is something wrong or worn on the carb it should be set and forget. If you take time to adjust it the first time why should you have to keep going back to do it? This might make a good article of the month.
Now for the topic question, I'm running a Holley and have no problems or complaints at all. It works well on and off road and other than replacing a bad accelerator pump I haven't touched it in 3-4 years.
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[SAR-4800]

I truly think you can't get much better than the Edelbrock 650cfm 1406 (or 1405 if you want a manual chock... ikk)
Good luck with you choice.

[TimB]

1st choice Edelbrock Q-Jet #1904. It's center-hung float bowl makes it the next best thing to fuel injection for off-roading with no flooding/stalling problems. It's worth saving the extra $200 over the other carbs. 2nd choice Carter AFB #9635 with #1465 spring-loaded needle and seat kit. Carter's quality is better than its' clone the Edelbrock Performer.

[jeepbob]

I run a Holley/Edelbrock set on both my Wag and my CJ and do not have to touch the carb other than the electric choke (I am going to switch to manual chokes soon) due to the extreme differences between a MI summer and winter. I wheel the wee out of both these rigs and do not have a problem with stalling even at oddball angles. I would get a single feed side Holley vs the center hung dual feeds. Having rebuilt way too many carbs over the years I will take a Holly over the rest just due to parts availabilty and simplicity, the performance gains are a plus. If you need parts on a holiday weekend or even a Sunday up north, either the parts house has them hanging on the wall or a buddy has one that parts could robbed from. Another plus is that good used ones can be had for $20 to $30 and then a trick kit put in and have a carb fine tuned for your motor for less than $50.

[porchpiggy]

I'm a carb idiot, and now matter how hard I try I don't seem to have much success working on any carb, no matter how simple. I like the Eddlebrock 1405/6 because it worked good for me with only minor adjustments. I think short of slamming it against the concrete floor a couple of times it will (almost) always at least run on the truck. The guys that know carbs and even ENJOY (????) working on them seem to me to gravitate towards Holly's. Abundance of parts and information semm to be a real plus for the Holley. But whichever yiu choose, you'll find somebody here that knows what you need to know, and if/when it's set up right, you should not have to do anything to it for a long time.

PS - I think carbs/intakes would be a good topic of the month. :cool: