Our shop and all around us have had none, I repeat, NONE of the new tbi fuel injection systems last or work at all. Not from any manufacturer at any price point. Our first recommendation to shit running cars is “take that damn efi off”
Ben, I'm going to pin this comment, because I think what you're saying holds true for many people, and I think this would be a good point of discussion.
I'm not a fan of the Holly EFI stuff but I can tell you when it first started getting big my buddy bought a holly sniper system hooked it all up and two of the injectors were dead right out of the box! they did send him a complete new setup with the handheld touch screen and everything they didn't just replace the injectors they sent him a whole new kit and he has had it on at least two different engines but I'm still not a fan even though driveability is great cold starts are great but it's just not for me! so carburetor all the way!
It's amazing how many people's projects sit after an efi failure. It was a lure to alot of people nearby because of the drastic elevation and temperature changes we experience. It was 54°C (129°) for over a week in my community in Canada and I drove carbureted vehicles everyday. No undrivability problems. And then 3 months later.... foots of snow and again no carburetor issues... maintenance is key. Take care from Quasi Mofo The Hunchback of Canaderp
I have to be honest here, making a blanket statement that there isn’t a good TBI aftermarket fuel injection system available now sounds like you’ve written them off without ever installing, tuning and maintaining them. Their early systems had a high failure rate, and the use of overseas sourced parts hasn’t made them flawless, but I’ve had a FITech and a Holley Sniper both perform very well over the last few years without issue. Are they the solution for everyone? No, there isn’t one way to do things. But to condemn the idea of adding EFI to an originally carbureted car as unreliable or too problematic simply isn’t true. Keeping an open mind and accepting that innovation happens doesn’t mean there’s no place for a mechanical carburetor any more than saying there’s no use for an older car now that we have airbags, ABS, and other important safety features. If you learn the systems and work on them they have their merits, as well as some drawbacks. But I will say they’ve kept more than a couple of my friends driving their classic cars because they don’t seem to need quite the same level of constant tuning as many old carburetors do. But maybe I’m just seeing it from one angle as well.
The 650cfm Edelbrock on my Mustang sat in my parents' garage, getting crapped and pissed in by rats, and clogged with rat nest material for seven years. When I finally gave up on the MSD Atomic EFI that I'd been running, I picked the Edelbrock up, dumped the rat debris out, sprayed it out with carb cleaner, bolted it onto the engine, primed it, and started it... and haven't touched an adjustment screw or anything else. It's the AK47 of carburetors, it doesn't care how it's been treated, it just works.
What? So many people struggle with them I see it’s ridiculous. In my opinion the Holley is kinda the ak47 of carbs. Really a new Quadrajet is the true ak47 of carbs becuase you can easily start vehicle with one of them on extreme sidehill or angle and others won’t.
Love edelbrocks. Got in a pinch for a big truck show I was going to and my carb got some trash in it. Bought a 600 edel off the shelf at parts store, out of the box bolted on and drove it 3 hours to that show with no issue. I like Holley but I really doubt you’ll do that with one
I've bought both Holley and Edelbrock and installed them out of the box and they ran fine. What we like about the old holley's and well autolites for me was how easy they were to tune. The AFBs used to be what they called cat's pajamas. But recently I was looking at one of the newer Edelbrock carbs that have improved on their old designs. I have thought about going to an aftermarket fuel injection. I cut my teeth so to speak on mechanical fuel injection and Bosch fuel injection and then afterwards learned carburetion. So I have the skills to do the aftermarket injection if I decide they have the longevity that a simple carburetor would give me. I'm only considering it because I don't like Ford's ridiculous batch fire injection on an old truck I have. I might never be happy with it and just sell it and get something that might make me happy later.
Holley phasing out carburetors? What next? Are they going to complain about their customer base being frat boys and then hire Dylan Mulvaney to advertise fuel injectors?
The first time I installed an Edelbrock 1406 on my old truck I never looked back. No leaks. Starts instantly in cold weather after sitting. Basically no adjustment needed, ran right out of the box just needed slight tweaking. It sat once for years and I rebuilt and cleaned it out without even removing it from the intake. Such a good, simple reliable carb. They just work.
I bought a 1405 and a 1406 togeather on marketplace and I restored the 1405 and put an electric choke on it. The 1406 was in much worse condition so I did the 1405 first. I just need to put it on something now
Dude, I’ve been modifying Holley carbs for years. I saw that video about the new Edelbrock carb. I was blown away!!! I can’t wait to get my hands on one!! 😊
FINALLY someone has clearly--- with actual carbs-- pointed out the differences between the two, and the limitations and strengths of them both! THANK YOU PROFESSOR! :)
A holley carb is known as a plain tube carb eldebrock is a air valve carburetor. Holleys have a more dense charge below the throttle plate then edelbrock or carter's because there not pushing on a spring loaded door.
As exciting as this new carburetor innovation is... you really piqued my interest when you mentioned being a mechanical fuel injection nerd. Can we expect some related content sometime soon? Please? As a Corvette nut I've always been fascinated with Chevy's mechanical fuelies from '57 to '65.
my radio is electronic,my microwave,my tv,hell even my blood pressure monitor is electronic,to power my car down the road,with modules and sensors and tps switches,map maf NO THANK YOU,broke down in texas with modules out,sitting on the side of the road in 107 weather,keep it,everything i own is points and carb,so's my lawnmowers,old school is the SCHOOL
Competition sometimes is a good thing for the consumer. Be interesting to see if Holley will come up with anything new. We definitely don't need companies trying to phase out carburetors. Hopefully some would step up in place on the market.
A short time ago I tried hard for over a week to talk to a human being at Holley over the phone, never could never did and gave up...at least you got to talk to someone.
Past two times I called Holley, I spent over an hour each time on hold before someone picked up. And on one of the calls, they put me on hold for another 25 minutes to find the part number of the block plate for a scatter shield that I needed.
Holly bought out Brothers truck shop in Corona. Now there is no more store pick up for parts. They have to ship everything. More $$$$$ for them = bad service
@@jonathanlawson4667 Holley BOUGHT QFT, just like they did with Barry Grant. QFT was offering a better version of the 4150 just like Edelbrock is doing.
Doesn't hurt my feelings. I never liked Holley. I don't know if they are the same (my carb is 50 years old), but the Edelbrock looks just like the Carter AFB that was my fav.
Myself never had good luck with Holly carbs would work good in the driveway or flat but if you want uphill downhill they would start to flood over or just float over whenever they felt like it Eldo Brock by far much simpler easier all-around bed better design
They aren't stopping making carbs. There are more models of performance carburetors available from Holley and other manufacturers than ever in history. Tony is just falling into the click bait trap.
The first Holley trick I learned from a couple of mechanics who had a shop I worked detailing next to all through high school and showed me how to make the secondaries work circa fall 1970. I had built my first hot engine a 273 and it had a 290 degree crower cam cam, TRW 10.5to 1's ,cyclone fenderwell headers a mallory dual point dist.and a D4RB edelbrock manifold with a holley 600. I had broken it in carefully and now wanted it to run now . Echevaria and Rodrigues ,the two mechanics smiled at each other and said "The sheet metal screw trick" One of them disappeared into the shop and came out and inserted a sheet metal screw in the secondary pull off slot that closes the secondaries .They were about ten years older than me,had set up my mallory dual point and told me they wanted to hear me get on my 63Valiant v100 coupe in all four gears on the expressway next to the shop or they would severely punish me (They were Chevy guys). I did and could not stop grinning for about a hour after. It ran bitchin compared to the 170 and 225 slants I had the previous year after getting my license. The sheet metal screw gets rid of the vacuum secondaries control and makes Them open NOW.
I recently purchased two different Holley's. The first was a Slayer 600 and the second was a 4150 Demon which used to be the Barry Grant deal. Engine runs @180°F with 1/2" heat insulator under carb. Both would boil the fuel out of the accelerator pump circuit leaving it dry when you needed it. Both would pour fuel from the secondary throttle shafts and leave puddles of fuel on the intake manifold. Both required heavy throttle for hot starting due to fuel percolating into the engine. Both went back to Summit and I put on an AVS2. Tony is right, the thing just works. I purchased an 800 AVS2 to see if it would run any better than the 650 and it really didn't. The 800 fooled you because it felt quicker because the primary barrels are a lot bigger but overall, 800 was not worth keeping so I sold it. I recently installed a basic but Blueprinted 600 cfm AFB Performer and it works even better than the 650 AVS2. Go figure! I am quite convinced the silly red annular boosters on the AVS2 are marketing hype.
from my first wcfb ( wilson carter four barrel) to my afb (aluminum four barrel) carter and then webber (edelbrock) the afb has been my choice for hundreds of custom engine builds, the easy jetting and progressive metering is the winning feature.
@@HansBelphegor Ive had very few issues with them either the AFB or AVS. I just repaired an original (first year for the "modern" Holley 4 barrel) carb in a 1957 Thunderbird. Holleys early style needle and seat valves are prone to trouble/failure as well as the expected power valve issues. Had to go back in it again as the needle and seat were STILL acting up. Many Carter and Edelbrock carbs can be converted to dual feed simply by drilling and tapping the boss on the opposite fuel bowl
Great job. I'm an old guy and grew up with this stuff. I will occasionally take a carb apart to show a young gear-head how they work. Very few young people have ever dealt with a carb. I really enjoy your channel and CFM ratings have always been voodoo, at least in my experience.
About 15 years ago I was putting my #1850 on my rebuilt engine and I broke an ear off the baseplate. Went and bought a 600 Edelbrock and used that. It had lean stumbles and just plain ran poorly. Took the truck to the local hot rod shop. Put it on the Dyno and spent a day trying to tune that carb. Never did get it perfect. We were down to hand sanding the metering rods to try to get it to work. Did the best we could. I drove it a few weeks untill I found a used baseplate for my Holley so I put that carb back on. Went back to the chassis Dyno and the unmodified Holley with a used baseplate put out 60 more HP and 90 ft lbs more than the Edelbrock. That sold me on Holley's.
Other companies have been making Holley carbs for years and will continue to do so. Edelbrock isn’t doing anything but admitting that their own product sucks, hence the need to build someone else’s.
Ive had dozens of each carb and the Edelbrock/Carter based carbs are so much more reliable. But as you said, the Holley is for more in depth tuning, almost to a fault, higher power levels and people who like to tinker anytime their vehicle sits more than a couple months. I have the Edelbrock on my 62 C10 Pick up Project right now in fact, since it will be a 350 hp driver. Perfect.
I have a 74 high boy ford with the factory 390. It had a factory 2 bbl holy, it wouldn’t start without playing with the carb for a hour so after seeing a article in hot rod mag, I bought a elderbrock 600 and a 4 bbl intake, slapped it together in 1996, adjusted the two front screws 1.5 turns out and idle screw and still to this day, barely bump the key ice cold (Washington) and she fires every time. I took it over Steven’s pass and Hangs the mountain 70+ half throttle last weekend. No probs bob
You can tell Tony's motivation isn't financial gain. He sincerely wants to share information. This man deserves to be listened to because the guys I know who have his kind of knowledge they are reluctant to share because most people don't listen.
You can tell that Tony is all about cars. Towards the end of the video he heard a souped up car go by. He smiled and said, ”I wonder what they got on theirs?” This guy’s great 👍
I was gonna try and let you know about that same vid you watched on this carb! I am for sure gonna buy one just to support their continued development and the fact they are embracing the carb people. There is at least 7 of us I swear!
I’ve personally installed dozens of sniper units here in northern Va where the weather changes drastically all the time. Never ONCE have I encountered an issue. I’ve also corrected or fixed the install of at least 20 systems that other shops or “installers” did simply because they can’t read instructions or think they are smarter than Holley. I love when people want to blame the brand instead of the installers and I’m tired of dinosaurs shitting on tech they refuse to accept for childish reasons. My point is if it doesn’t perform to your expectations it’s not always the products fault. Most of the time it’s incorrect fuel supply or ststem install or tune files set up very far from correct. I also love carburetors and know they have a place and I’m thrilled to see them still growing and getting better. There’s a lot of people now that want an old school hot rod that can’t tune or have the time to play with jetting their carb every few weeks or want to be under the hood at all. They want to drive their car and enjoy it. That’s where the sniper is ideal. My customers that don’t mind an occasional jetting or squirter change can rock an HP 4150 and love it. Both have their place. Period. Don’t shit on things you don’t 100% understand because you don’t like progression.
This is awesome! I’ve owned both Holley and Edelbrock. Both are iconic brands, but most of my old trucks are/were daily driven or weekend cruisers and I agree, Edelbrock is just the best for that kind of operation. I’m a former diesel technician but have minimal experience with carbs but I can setup and rebuild an Edelbrock with ease. My last carburetor I had on my Chevy K10 was an Edelbrock 1408 and according to Edelbrock it was from 1992 and it just went bad! 30 years! I replaced it with the 1406 for a mild 350. I’ve daily driven Edelbrocks for years and through winters and never had to touch them, so easy to setup once you take the time to learn. Very disappointing to hear about Holley going away from carburetors, I’ve owned around 20 vehicles and I’ve had more issues with throttle bodies and EFI than any carburetor I’ve owned. Again, former diesel technician, big killer for those engines are injectors and injection pumps. I’ll gladly stick with the old school and reliable carburetors! Good stuff @uncleTonysgarage keep it up!
I recently came across your channel and I absolutely love and agree with everything you say. Back in the early 80s I’ve put a Holley carburetor on a Chevy Chevelle 307 engine that I modified and had nothing but problems with it. I was constantly tuning it and dialing it just so it would run. I currently have an Edelbrock on a 73 Ford bronco 302 engine that’s so far has worked spotlessly no problems whatsoever. Really like the inside to provide. One last thing you discussed how to adjust a gap on points and I’ve never used a dwell meter but used my dwell meter and it worked flawlessly. Thanks so much
I really hope Edelbrock cooks up a vacuum secondary version one day. Even on a daily driver, I’m a Holley guy through and through. I’d snap up a vacuum Eddy 4150 in an INSTANT!!
@@dawnmclees Nope, a 4150 is just a carb that has a metering block on the secondaries, as opposed to a metering plate on a 4160. Both styles come in a very wide variety of flavors. The HolIey that I run on my car currently is a 600cfm vac. secondary 4150 If you look closely at the old crusty Holley “4150” Tony has in this vid, you’ll see it’s actually a 4160. It’s (most likely) a model 3310, and while many are 4150’s, most of them you’ll see are actually 4160’s
The old Edelbrocks really rip if you put in the HP needle and seat and the performance accelerator pump, put a 4 hole spacer under the carb to really boost the signal, then use a velocity stack type air cleaner or one of those triangle Edelbrock air cleaners.
I like the look of velocity stacks on some rides but... it's show. They can [in a few extreme cases] work against you at the top end: air bleeds find themselves referenced to something less than atmospheric pressure - depends on the carb and surface area of filters. Would I give up 500 rpm and 2hp on a street car? Yeah - wtf.
@@flinch622 I'm only talking about a regular Edelbrock carb, not anything with air bleeds. As far as a velocity stack, it doesn't have to be very high, like the triangle air cleaner, as long as the air comes in from the top and flows downhill into the carb. Saying that makes no difference is like saying head porting makes no difference. The speed of air coming into a carb is massive, directing it is essential, especially on a Edelbrock carb.
@@pmotorsports8276 Ok the "Pro Flo" air cleaner. If your car is backfiring through the carb you are not ready for a air cleaner yet, as far as pieces falling into the motor with age, hmm,do you leave your air cleaner on for decades until it desolves? Yeah those guys at Edelbrock don't know anything about what air cleaners work on the carbs they make.
If they did it in the 90's or something and kinda "ripped the band-aid off" so to speak, it would've made sense. They're too deep into "keeping it alive" that now it's just confusing and upsetting
I've ran both, I prefer Quadrajets, spread bore. All my Edlebrocks are sitting on the shelf. It's also little details like factory throttle linkage brackets, kickdown cable bracket, steel fuel line, etc..so much better than aftermarket trash.
I've run the Edelbrock (Carter style) for years, in several vehicles. I always said they were great for daily drivers, I have both electric choke and manuel/ cable choke models, both work fine. I also added a spring loaded neeedle seat kit ($12?) for my off road truck to help with sloshing issues. If I had a need for one, I'd buy one of these new carbs for sure!
I was a Holley guy until within the past couple of years due to the fact that I'm replacing power valves at least once a year due to ethanol. I never dealt with the Carter/Edelbrock until just recently and will not look back. I was impressed with the design and ease of tuneability.
Thanks for the info. I have always used edelbrock and easy no issues. I got a car that came with a holly. Runs and drives but cant get on it. I will replace that power valve before it gets an edelbrock.
The biggest problem I have encountered with the Four barrel TBI style injection units is the type of intake it’s bolted to. The fuel injection unit tends to like a open plenum style intake. If using a dual plane intake the divider wall needs to be machined down. The engine masters did a episode on this . Check it out! Now I still use and tune carbs. I don’t know near as much about tuning them as efi. But I have mostly worked on efi .
thanks for making this point! it's quite important. one of the problems with aftermarket TBI is they try to be a single solution to many engine setups, and that's going to lead to issues.
Just stopping by to let you know how much I enjoy you sharing your wisdom with us. Getting giddy over carburetors or the tuning of... well, anything for that matter is something I can get with. I really appreciate you taking the time to do these videos.
SIR TONY, Do you remember the " PREDATOR CARBS. " ? They were all the rage back in the 80's, my buddy had 1 on a VERY VERY TRICKED OUT CHEVY 400. They were hard to understand, they had cams & springs on them, people could not tune them correctly. My buddy did though & NOBODY COULD TOUCH HIM, EVEN BIG BLOCK CARS DRAG RACING. He had a 69 Camaro & after a run down the track you couldn't open the doors because of the body flex but he fixed that with uni-body connectors he made. Also cracked windshields were a problem in the beginning. THANKS, Henry from N.E. PA.
It’s about time that the 4150 got the upgrades to make it become everything it should be. Look at all the issues of the old Holley; the warpage problems, the powervalve blowouts. The big cam idle probs, everything-All fixed!
You should see my modified 1850. I was reshaping the main body, and filling it with a bunch of epoxy. This new carb, is what I was striving for. I can’t wait to get one!!
I would hope carburators arnt dead i just got into the world of tunning hollys i love how adjustable all these carbs are and how big of changes you can make with simple parts
I’ve noticed the last few years that carbs for small gas engines have actually gotten cheap compared to everything else in the world. Between all my chainsaws and lawnmowers and 4 wheelers I’ve probably got a dozen or more small engines with carbs. I normally just order up a carb kit when something starts giving me trouble but lately as I search around I can find complete whole brand new ready to go carbs for very little more than the cost of a rebuild kit. It’s like they’re just trying to get rid of them all.
And how about those modern plastic carburetors? I've done a B-string rebuild on a few of them now, but was surprised at the first one I came acrossed. You can still get a car battery for less than $60 at Walmart! Today I got a new group 35 for $57! They had a better one for $149, but I've had good luck with their cheap batteries. My previous one lasted six years! O'Reillys wanted like $200 minimum I believe.
if you want to support the Chinese knockoff market. they rip off other companies and reproduce their products with inferior materials and sell them for less. no thanks. I'd pay 4 times as much before I'd send any more of my mo ey to China, purposely.
I've ran a few different Holleys, a couple different Edelbrock avs carbs and a Edelbrock AVS2 on my 401 powered 74 Jeep CJ5. All new carburetors. And The best it ran with a carburetor was by far the Edelbrock AVS2 . I switched to Holley Sniper EFI and it's never had more power , ran smoother or been better off road. I've had zero problems since installing it 2 years ago. And it's running better than its ever ran before the EFI . In fact it was still getting better and better after 3 months of installing it. It's been a game changer . Better mileage and performance today than it ever got with a carb. I will admit that the Edelbrock AVS2 had excellent throttle Response and mileage as far as carburetors go. Best carburetor performance as far as power was with a Holley 650 cfm center squirter but it wouldn't stay in tune and was a leaking pig after just a couple months of use. The Holley Sniper is excellent if installed correctly. The directions aren't difficult to follow if one can read. Best thing I've ever bought and installed in my Jeep
The best carburator I ever used was the Carter AVS that came OEM on my '69 Dodge Super bee. Most stable carb I ever used. Set it & forget it. Adjustable: Replaceable jetting & metering rods, air valve spring... Tweak em to get them right, and the job is done. The Holleys we're supposed to be the ultimate, but that was only when they were working right - if you could keep them doing that. Maybe my Carter wasn't the "Ultimate". But my "Bee" would still lift the front tires off the tar - still stock.
I have a mild 318,intake and exhaust and hei ignition. I run an edelbrock 500 AVS and In three years it’s never been a problem for me. Always runs and idles great. I’ve been told it’s possibly to small for my application but I think it runs great! I recently changed my diff ratio to a 3:45 and it changed the way car drives now. Much more eager to get going. After this,if I ever build another classic car I will choose edelbrock again no doubts.
I run a 1406 on my 5.9 magnum.it runs great.fires right up in -30 Temps.stand my truck on rear bumper or bounce the hell out of it.never has stalled out on me
Hopefully summit keeps producing their holley 4010 copy. I really like it for a mild daily driver. Annular boosters, top plate gasket for no leaks and all holley interchangeable parts. They have been my go to for years and have only had one fail when the shafts wallered the body out and started leaking no matter what I did. Excited to see 4150s continue to be modernized though
I daily drove my 1985 dodge pickup all through a Pennsylvania winter with an edelbrock 1406 and had zero issues. Let it warm up a bit and your good to go. Couple pumps and it’ll fire right up. It does get a little grumpy if it’s below 15 degrees Fahrenheit, but that just means I have to pump it a few more times while it’s cranking. No big deal.
I think they also put larger diameter throttle shafts and bronze bushings on the 4150. The separate throttle plate assembly is eliminated, preventing the possibility of the screws holding it in place from going into the motor. It's all one piece. Looks pretty good.
Great video and info UncleTony, I have 1 of those Carter/AFB Carbs, on my old 318 Poly with the front sit screw. Its 1 of the best long lasting carbs I have ever owned. They are tough as a hammer just like you put it.
Nice report. I've been experiencing an issue that had me scratching my head. After a 5 minute run, then a shut down, 10 minutes, and restart, flooding. I found a video that showed gasoline boiling at 170, surrounded by water. Well found my issue. I use 750 Holleys on my big block Fords. My boat has no issues- 150 deg. My F100 gained 1 quart of oil in 4 months. When I turn the engine off it raises temp around 190. Lower float level didn't seem to help, but a fiber spacer plate did. Arizona summer kind of brought it back. Seems like something is trying to move us to efi. I'm trying a 2brl to see if 1 fuel bowl means less fuel. 3 750's all did the same thing... Like you said, with a 350 cm holley, its like of like running my Edlebrock 600... but after 40 years I don't need to be running that hard. Thanks for the info.
I had an edelbrock on a chevy 350 pickup truck, so reliable. It amazed how boring and simple it was. My daily driver slant 6 had a Holley 390. So much tinkering. I liked both but for different reasons. Mechanical carbs are just cheaper and simpler in the end. EFI everything doesn't always make sense, but when it comes to today's fuels it can really gum them up when you don't drive them daily. I've had to fix so many scooter and motorcycle carbs just because the fuel in the carbs messed them up. When it comes to Fuel injection it's great but it has it's place. doesn't mean it should go everywhere.
Im a manager at one of the parts chains, and we get the sniper units back for defects, along with FItech not so often but still, ive been thinking of making a carburetor like the old predator style variable carbs, my first experience with one was on a mopar 318 that made roughly 330hp or so and was fun seeimg how it worked
I personally gave up on holley between the jet change,power valve matching and the different pump cams. I run Edelbrock carburetors. But I did like my 650cfm double pumper holley on my 302 with a lunati 351w camshaft it was a 11 second car. You're old school like I am. Enjoy your show. I had a friend who had a mercury with a junk variable venturi on his 302 it wouldn't climb a hill put a I believe it was a thermoquad or something of that nature I found in a junkyard off a retired police car and that could would scoot, so carburetors are interesting. Do love the quadrajet when the secondaries open that sound means power to me on my old 6.6 403 olds.
I switched from Holley carbs to Edelbrock carbs 30 years ago and never looked back or regretted my decision. Every time I would get a little Nitrous backfire through the Holley it would blow the power valve out and you'd have to take the carb off to change it.
Well I have a few old muscle cars and one of them is a 70 Chevelle with a 500 inch big block with a properly installed Atomic EFI for the last 7 or 8 years and it has worked flawlessly since day 1. Runs great in any weather. Have driven that car in 35C temps and once had to move it across town in January when it was minus 30C and it literally made no difference. Was sure snappy in that cold weather though! I'm OK with either a carb or EFI but my experience with EFI has been nothing but positive.
The first 1:30 of this video depressed the hell out of me, (Holley is phasing out carbs, carbs are dead, say it aint so), but Tony managed to talk me in off of the ledge.
why? there's lots of spare parts on people's dusty shelf's so it's not likely to go away quickly, last time a got a carb it was used and at one point i had 3 sitting as spare's one thing i don't miss is the nickel and diming my wallet vs EFI on changing a tune as it's just a keystroke away
Thanks Edelbrock for finally getting it. I used the old Edelbrock carb for street use and had to change to Holley at the strip. Now it’s all in one. Thank you
I think the main difference between Holly and Carter style carburetors is no leaks on the Edelbrock. A Holly has 20 places that might leak fuel, Edelbrock only a few
I've been very happy with my new Thermoquad (er, I mean Street Demon). It takes the latest and greatest factory carburetor design before the OEMs started f*cking with the designs to meet government standards, and then makes evolutionary improvements to it. It's been perfectly reliable, gives good fuel economy, smooth idle, flows enough to make the horsepower, and is far simpler and cheaper to install than an EFI setup. And, tuning the mixture with screws is so much easier and quicker than having to pull out your computer or smartphone and hook it up to the EFI and fuss with all the numbers and buttons. In contrast, I put an aftermarket computer on my 5.2 Magnum engine when I did a 3.9-5.2 swap; even after 3 years of screwing with it, the damn engine STILL doesn't run for 5h!t. The cost to buy an aftermarket computer and harness was as much as it would have cost me to just buy the carburetor swap components (carb, intake, distributor and fuel pressure regulator). The time it took to build the EFI computer from the kit, custom build the wiring harness, and install the parts was the same as it would have been for me to pull the EFI intake and put the carb'd one on. So, for equal time and money, I could either have something that's a PITA to tune and still doesn't work quite right after 3 years of trying - OR could have a setup that would have just worked right out of the box.
I wish Edelbrock would do this kind of revamp with a Quadrajet style carburetor so us GM guys can have this level of tuneability and still keep our cable-modulated overdrive transmissions and that spreadbore performance.
This is the first real guy evaluation of the new Edelbrock carb I have seen. This was very useful. The comparison of HOLLEY MAX PERFORMANCE, vs the Edelbrock street hot rod carb style was very very helpful. I have only run the 4160 card on the street, but the Carter style is going to be better for the daily drives, I see that now. Not too long ago Edelbrock was...to hell with card, we going all EFI in the future. Holley was the carb is not dead, we will make sure, but we can do injection to. Well this flip is going to be interesting to say the least.
I DID!!! I DID!!! I DID GOT SOMETHING OUT OF THAT!!! All kidding aside, amidst a sea of SHIT parts being pawned off on everyone who works on a vehicle, it's nice to see something new & exciting come along to keep the old-school, tried & true performance carbs alive & well. SHAME ON HOLLEY. I watched a very disturbing video around 2 or 3 months ago showing some hot rodder exposing the HORRIBLE quality of a couple brand new Holley carbs he had just bought. Sorry, I can't recall the video to share a link. It was very disturbing to say the least. This news about Holley "going all EFI" would certainly explain the poor quality of their analog carbs recently.
I think you are taking about the Scotts Speed shop video. Jed sadly describes the poor quality of the pair of 650 Holley's he just bought. Check it out , makes you cringe.
there was an edlebrock on a 75 ih 200 mining truck with a 392 sv i used to own. super reliable, even in alaskan winters. two pumps and a key turn every time. i miss that truck.
I do agree with you about Edelbrock carbs being a great street car carburetor. They hardly ever leak fuel and are very reliable in an everyday driver. But when you need drag strip performance nothing beats a holly double Pumper
There is a reason I use Edelbrock on all my boats. Not sure how any Holley carb was ever marine certified. Bowl gaskets, metering block gaskets, etc, etc all are leaking points and most boats sit for the winter or a number of months, gaskets dry up and leak.
It'll be interesting to see how the market works out. Holly has been so big into the electronic injection game for several years now, there's so many used Holly's available, and there's so many aftermarket Holly style carbs. So, it makes sense they wouldn't really see the future of carbs for themselves. As far as I know Edelbrock didn't really get hard into the electronic injection game so it would make sense for them to try and fill that void when Holly steps out. Especially if they can actually innovate with some new ideas that could keep things going for a while.
I love the thought I just had thinking about what JESUS called "Brambles and tares"and comparing that to all the unnecessary sensors, vacuum lines ,etc. 😊
Mechanical injection, you need to get ahold of Don Enriquez. He was Stu Hilborns right hand man. My machinist has had his ears for decades on setting up on injection for his alcohol/nitro dragsters
I got my first baseline nitro Tune-up directly from Gene Adams back around 1988, and had many dealings with he and Don back then. Awesome, first rate people all the way!
I had 2 Edelbrock carbs develop a off idle dead spot. Never could get them to come out of it. Switched to a 80457S holly's and they have been good. I am not a racer, and have mild street stuff.
10 years of marine Rochester repairs. If they were Edelbrock, I probably would've never switched to 2-stroke outboards. Carbs are starting to become like pocketwatch "lost knowledge".
