Carbie selection

**davegmh** · 14-05-2015, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by Valencia

The tyres to

The tyres too

**Innuendo** · 14-05-2015, 07:18 PM

ROFL

**davegmh** · 14-05-2015, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by Innuendo

ROFL

I had to ask my grand daughter what that meant to work out if you were up me or not. Now I'm ROFL.

**Innuendo** · 14-05-2015, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by davegmh

I had to ask my grand daughter what that meant to work out if you were up me or not. Now I'm ROFL.

**RAEME** · 14-05-2015, 08:13 PM

Hands down, Holley 650 Double pumper, mechanical secondary's, Spread bore..... Can't go wrong.

**Big Rob** · 15-05-2015, 01:50 AM

Originally Posted by RAEME

Hands down, Holley 650 Double pumper, mechanical secondary's, Spread bore..... Can't go wrong.

Well yeah you can.... if running an auto without a high-stall torque converter it'll get too much fuel when you floor it and bog down. Even worse if you are running a big cam.

Otherwise, I agree it's a good choice, especially with a manual box.

**Innuendo** · 14-05-2015, 08:19 PM

Any of the mentioned carbies will work fine. You must tune them correctly of course.
If you have a mechanic who favours one over another it is because he/she understands that make/model.
One brand over the other? Really doesn't matter.

**sandasharpe** · 14-05-2015, 08:27 PM

Don't try to run dual fuel with a Rochester, accel pumps suffer and gasket dry out and leak. Holley is a better bet. Sounds like you've decided to ditch the gas and if so the Rochester will run your stroker as well on a tidy street engine. If your going to up the ante on a stroker go a larger holley. Holleys aren't the best for smooth idle and fuel economy but work well on cammed up engines.

**we wreck xx7s only** · 14-05-2015, 08:22 PM

the biggest mistake most ppl make on a street engine is to over carb it. I cant recall the number of times we have pulled off a huge annular discharge holley or double pumper or whatever and fitted a 465 holley or similar with a spacer plate and the car has picked up so much power and driveability that is not funny and even the owner cant believe its their same car
over carb = headache, choose wisely

**agr071** · 14-05-2015, 10:58 PM

The carb on my van was on a gas car. I had to soak the base plate in kero then sit there with a pin and clean out ALL the venturi's as they were blocked with crap.
Once that was done, re assembled with a carby kit.