Thread: carb choices

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the difference between the 2 carbs is night and day. I am thinking the edelbrock is a very consevative choice for a 454, and will give you by far better drivability and miles per gallon. But alo a tad undersized to give you what the 454 has inside wanting to come out. But is very doable.

And the double pumper is going to need detuned quite a bit and is a too big for what you have, the mechanical secondaries are going to kill the type motor your running and the cars weight you are wanting to use it on. Its not your best choice, I would go with the edelbrock. Its going to be the easiest part to work with as far as tuning it. You will probably have to bump up the metering rods to get the most out of it. But you will get better mileage and a quicker turnaround time in tuning it to work for you.

What tranny and rear end gear are you running?