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[bttb]

anyone out there running a carb-- what brand and how do you like it compared to TPI

 

[bttb]

No carbs out there ????

 

[Drjohn]

One of the guys at work ran a carb on his 84 for a little while. He swapped it back for a a throttle body this year. It ran okay with the carb.

 

[bradfordsvettes]

why would you want to go backwards fuel injection is the only way to go or stay with ,carbs are ok for the older cars but there are still conversions out there to EFI for older cars steve

 

[bttb]

carbs

I really dont think that runing a carb is a step backwards as I personally know of a few guys that are making massive amounts of hsp with carbs. Maybe not for the daily driver bit not bad for racing. The main reason that they all changed was the constant problems associated with keeping them running right and the expenses involved. The carb simplified it all without sacrificing anything. Dont get me wrong --im not swirching over but I can honestly say that there were times when I could have been swayed.

 

[CAJUN C4]

I'll bet fuel mileage suffered?

 

[Drjohn]

Feel free to buy a carb. As a matter of fact, buy a spare. We make then every day.

 

[CAJUN C4]

Feel free to buy a carb. As a matter of fact, buy a spare. We make then every day.

You make Carbs ? Where do you work?

 

[Topless_Ruby]

You make Carbs ? Where do you work?

I would guess:

Holley Performance Products
1801 Russellville Rd.
P.O. Box 10360
Bowling Green, KY 42102-7360

Great products!
Had one on my 70 Dodge Challenger way back when
And used one on my 455 Olds Jet boat.
Loved how easy it was to work on them.

 

[Drjohn]

I would guess:

Holley Performance Products
1801 Russellville Rd.
P.O. Box 10360
Bowling Green, KY 42102-7360

Great products!
Had one on my 70 Dodge Challenger way back when
And used one on my 455 Olds Jet boat.
Loved how easy it was to work on them.

Good guess.

Feel free to buy as much of any of the stuff you see here: www.holley.com

I need gas money.


A friend had a Challenger at the same time I had a 70 Roadrunner. Both would be good to have now.

 

[Topless_Ruby]

Good guess.

Feel free to buy as much of any of the stuff you see here: www.holley.com

I need gas money.


A friend had a Challenger at the same time I had a 70 Roadrunner. Both would be good to have now.

Have to give the credit to Google, I simply entered your location and carburetors and it came up with Holly.

Interesting coincidence about the cars. I had a 70 Dodge Challenger and a friend had a 69 Super Bee. It was a good time to be young and have a muscle car. Many times I wished I had stored that car away. Although I have to admit that if I still had the Challenger I probably wouldn't have bought the Vette. And the Vette is much more fun than the Challenger ever was.

 

[bttb]

why would you want to go backwards fuel injection is the only way to go or stay with ,carbs are ok for the older cars but there are still conversions out there to EFI for older cars steve[ My vette is an 86 and from what ive dealt with over the past few years I personally dont think that anything is really a step backwards from the stock tpi sys. Oh ---years ago my cars were 57 chevys--- my last one had a 265 ci bored to 282 balanced, blueprinted, with all the goodies, heads ect 780 dual feed center flow carb sitting on top of a 2 inch edelbrock intake on it and it was a screamer. Holley was the only way to go.Around 1965

 

[speedmaster4]

used to be the local holley 'guru', used 'em on everything from 'stove-bolt' sixes to L89 big blocks (l89 is an l88 with 'trips'), still have a ton of carbs/parts out in the barn waiting for scrap aluminum price to max out...long ago,fell into an 83 caddy that was tolerable at 4000 lb/ 250 cu. in -- and tBi... later traveled all over the east coast with the whole family + toys in a 4500 lb (unladen, prolly 5k+ rolling) chevy conversion van/ 265 cu. in. (4.3 L) that was acceptable power thanx to tBi...those sold me on 'electronic engine management' and now that i've learned to mod this stuff, will NEVER go back to 'fuel suckers' ...all carbs use a bottleneck (venturi ) to drag fuel into the engine -- injection lets the engine breathe, increased 'volumetric efficiency' results in more power, and instant cold start/ drive-away is sooo much better with injection

 

[bradfordsvettes]

my point exactly steve

 

[Drjohn]

Have to give the credit to Google, I simply entered your location and carburetors and it came up with Holly.

Interesting coincidence about the cars. I had a 70 Dodge Challenger and a friend had a 69 Super Bee. It was a good time to be young and have a muscle car. Many times I wished I had stored that car away. Although I have to admit that if I still had the Challenger I probably wouldn't have bought the Vette. And the Vette is much more fun than the Challenger ever was.

I wouldn't still have the Roadrunner. I grew up in WNY. It would be only a pile of rust now. Everything there eventually is.

 

[90EXPVette]

I have a bud with with an 85 Vette with a 383 that he had converted to a carb. Mainly because he got tired of chasing electrical demons from prior owners work. I'll send him a link to this so he can post his thoughts.