Kid_Again
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- Joined
- Jul 6, 2004
- Messages
- 1,171
- Location
- NJ - Which exit you from?
- Corvette
- 65 SB Roadster, 66 BB Coupe
Well, Operation BLOW (centrifugal supercharger on the sb) is in the final stages of planning/acquiring parts. In other words, me and VNV are running out of gin and it's time to start wrenching.
Project SUCK is now in the starting blocks and that's much milder - putting the tripower on the bb. I know, JohnZ, I know, I'm prey to Marketing Hype.
Anyway, I'd like advice about the #2300 Holley carbs. I have a set of correct '68 carbs where two of the three leak at the junction between the base plate and the carb body. I rebuilt these carbs myself and took considerable care to do it correctly but I still wound up with the problem.
So, here's my question. Should I send the originals back to Holley for resto or should I buy a new set of 2300's?
I could go a number of ways with the new versions. I could buy the current street version of the 2300's which are pretty cheap and all I have to do is disassemble each one, cut the back half of the air cleaner base off, mill the choke horns (which is what VNV should have done, BUT I DIGRESS) and build my own manual sequential linkage or adapt the BG setup to fit. I already have the factory fuel line setup. I can do all the work myself and I have all winter anyway. The setup will then fit under the factory tripower air cleaner base and I will have a 350cfm center carb and two 500cfm end carbs functioning as mechanical secondaries. The only problem would be my gas mileage will suffer but what the heck. Since the end carbs have 50cc pumps, I will have to pay attention to how rich this setup runs and make adjustments on the pump mechanisms.
Alternatively, Holley now makes new vacuum secondary end carbs available and the only way that I can see to buy them is to get the Mopar setup which puts the fuel lines on the other side, which is helpful. The only real problem that I can see with that is that I am paying for a correct Mopar setup when that has no value to me and those carbs ARE EXPENSIVE. Does Holley sell new Chevy 2300's with the vacuum secondaries?
Decisions, decisions. How much do you think the Holley Custom Shop will charge me to refurb the existing carbs? Anybody else trustworthy that you would recommend for me to contact?
Any thoughts?
And finally, in my never ending quest to drive the Moderators nuts, I want to thank VNV for spec'ing out a relay system for my HVAC system in the house. Seems as though the humidifer was wired to run all the time and I needed a 120v x 24v relay to drive the humidifier only when the heater was on. VNV to the rescue. Works perfectly. In an attempt to not get kicked to the "Lounge" AGAIN, I hereby declare that I will also wire the humidifer in the '66 in exactly the same manner so the house HVAC was actually a pilot for the midyear. So, my home HVAC now becomes a pilot car, sort of.
No, I'm not sticking with the 4bbl carb.
Project SUCK is now in the starting blocks and that's much milder - putting the tripower on the bb. I know, JohnZ, I know, I'm prey to Marketing Hype.
Anyway, I'd like advice about the #2300 Holley carbs. I have a set of correct '68 carbs where two of the three leak at the junction between the base plate and the carb body. I rebuilt these carbs myself and took considerable care to do it correctly but I still wound up with the problem.
So, here's my question. Should I send the originals back to Holley for resto or should I buy a new set of 2300's?
I could go a number of ways with the new versions. I could buy the current street version of the 2300's which are pretty cheap and all I have to do is disassemble each one, cut the back half of the air cleaner base off, mill the choke horns (which is what VNV should have done, BUT I DIGRESS) and build my own manual sequential linkage or adapt the BG setup to fit. I already have the factory fuel line setup. I can do all the work myself and I have all winter anyway. The setup will then fit under the factory tripower air cleaner base and I will have a 350cfm center carb and two 500cfm end carbs functioning as mechanical secondaries. The only problem would be my gas mileage will suffer but what the heck. Since the end carbs have 50cc pumps, I will have to pay attention to how rich this setup runs and make adjustments on the pump mechanisms.
Alternatively, Holley now makes new vacuum secondary end carbs available and the only way that I can see to buy them is to get the Mopar setup which puts the fuel lines on the other side, which is helpful. The only real problem that I can see with that is that I am paying for a correct Mopar setup when that has no value to me and those carbs ARE EXPENSIVE. Does Holley sell new Chevy 2300's with the vacuum secondaries?
Decisions, decisions. How much do you think the Holley Custom Shop will charge me to refurb the existing carbs? Anybody else trustworthy that you would recommend for me to contact?
Any thoughts?
And finally, in my never ending quest to drive the Moderators nuts, I want to thank VNV for spec'ing out a relay system for my HVAC system in the house. Seems as though the humidifer was wired to run all the time and I needed a 120v x 24v relay to drive the humidifier only when the heater was on. VNV to the rescue. Works perfectly. In an attempt to not get kicked to the "Lounge" AGAIN, I hereby declare that I will also wire the humidifer in the '66 in exactly the same manner so the house HVAC was actually a pilot for the midyear. So, my home HVAC now becomes a pilot car, sort of.
No, I'm not sticking with the 4bbl carb.