Thread: Holley jetting
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Old 09-07-2001, 04:37 PM
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Sorry guys, can't add anything to your discussion on EFI systems, I'm one of those guys who can't resist the sound of secondaries opening up.

Have used both Holleys and Edelbrocks now. Love the look of a Holley, hated the constant fiddling to keep it right, plus never stopped the fuel leaks, and also carried a hammer for the needle valves.

Now have fitted an Edelbrock (aka Cartr, aka Weber) 800cfm carb, so easy to set up, only one (secondary) jet size away from "box" on my stroker 351W. No fluffs, no hesitations, no flat spots, just pure pull from 1000rpm to 6000 rpm.

Only thing I can't do is floor it completely (i.e open the secondaries fully) from under 3000 rpm - then I will get some "bogging", but I can live with this, and on the track it's not a problem, as I keep it "on the boil" over these rpm's, on the road I shouldn't be doing it anyway.

One last thing - in hard right handers the carb floods. Getting over this by dropping the fuel level slightly (have fitted the high flow needle valves to compensate for this). Really no problem on the road, and you have to be pushing pretty hard on the track to make it happen.

I'm a convert!

Wilf
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