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04-23-2008 07:02 AM #1
Either manifold will work as they are both dual plane though Edelbrock claims a higher RPM band for the RPM version.
A 750cfm carb is WAY, WAY too big for a street driven car that sees little high rpm operation. The OEM 460 Ford ran a 500-525 cfm and got reasonable(??) gas mileage for the time. I tried a 780 Holley 3310-1 on my long gone '79 460 truck - gas mileage went from poor to abysmal and with the performance also going away.
Here's the industry accepted formula for determining carb cfm:
CID x RPM x V.E. / 3456 = CFM
428 x 3000 x .85 / 3456 = 315cfm
428 x 4000x.85 / 3456 = 421cfm
428 x 5000 x .85 / 3456 = 526cfm
428 x 6000 x .85 / 3456 = 631 cfm
Looks like I'd be considering a 600 to 650 max carb Which means at any of these RPM figures, you don't need that much carb. And with gas at $3.75/gallon,,,,\\\\\////???Dave W
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