Carbs.

I have recently learned what my engine is and I want to try to hear it run. I was thinking if I could get it to run I could kind of drive it while learn more and make mods but I need a carb. According to engine code it is a 73'-74' 350, 155-160 hp. its in a 67 Malibu, it has a edelbrock troker manifold, not sure on any internal parts, the heads have a shark fin pattern on surface towards front of engine. I want this baby to thunder. I built and older harley so i have a little knowledge on what an engine needs to be happy but i need to learn whats ot there. My dad told me to but an 850cfm holly double pumper but others say eldelbrok work out of the box. Or should I just pull the engine and start from scratch (rebuild). Any reply is greatly appreciated

Agree , to figuire cfm take cid and multiply that by your max operating rpm and divide by 3456. example
(350)6000=2100000 divided by 3456=607cfm

The saw tooth on the front of the heads makes them Vortec heads. Just for info, the intake manifold has a different bolt pattern then regular SBC intakes. If you remove the Torker II, make sure you purchase a vortec manifold. I have a stock intake that is virtually new sitting on the shelf. It came on my crate engine, if you are interested email me. The suggestion of the 600 cfm is right on. If however there is a high lift cam or other mods, it might not be enough. Hard to say without knowing what is inside.

Thank You all very much for your reply's. I will dig futher into this engine after these storms blow over (Central California). I have bought all the parts I think I need just to hear her smoke. I picked up an edelbrock 750 cfm Performer. Hope she will work out.

I have a edelbrock 750 on my car , I have'nt adjusted yet and the motor runs great. I have also heard that from other people who put them on thier cars that they took em right out of the box and put them on and drove em . you should have pretty good luck with it . they are a pretty good all arond replacemant carb for what they run$ ya.

If you plan to drive this thing around regularly, an dont have much of a mod in the engine, Dont rule out a Q-jet. they provide deceent power for a lightly modified engine, and they are easy to get your hands on. Just a thought.

Well thanks for all your help. I came to the conculsion that the motor is froz-up. When I dranned the oil about 2 qts of water came out, I still wanted to hear it turn over so I threw a battery in and jumped the starter (no dice) flywheel was bent, it didnt even make contact. So I took a large 1/2 dr. socket to the crank and could even get it to turn. So I'am going to yank-it. I will be back with questions on what to put in there. I will clean the engine up and take some pics for proper ID of all parts. Thanks again