Thread: Best Carb for Gas Mileage
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12-18-2006 10:46 PM #1
Best Carb for Gas Mileage
OK, I was thinking of building a 383 for my truck, but I've decided not to do so as this will probably be a daily driver for awhile.
My question is:
What's the best carb for gas mileage? I currently have a edelbrock performer 1400 on my 305 which is a 600 cfm carter clone. Should I go with a holley spreadbore? I'm not a big fan of q-jets just because they aren't really made new and as such parts that are subject to wear will be hard to find.
I plan on running vortec heads, 9.0:1 compression, edelbrock vortec manifolds, 350 block with stock crank and .030 pistons.
I've thought about getting some aftermarket fuel injection but a lot of it is like motorcycle fuel injection, premapped and doesn't remap on the fly like it does with factory fuel injection, which makes it too expensive.
Should I just stay with the edelbrock or is it worth picking up a spreadbore? I think the vortec manifold from edelbrock is a squarebore carb tho. Yikes, ideas?
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