Thread: Holley or Edelbrock Carb

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For what it's worth, I've seen issues with the Holley carbs due to floats sticking. This occurance has been on new out of the box units; I understand there is a "repair kit" to corrects this known issue, but why would someone want to buy a new carb and then have to buy a repair kit it make it work? The Edelbrock carbs I've used have worked the first time right out of the box and continue to do so years later.

It all depends on what your building. Im a holley guy, both will work when properly selected for the aplication and then tuned.

Generally, a Holley will win on race day, but the Edelbrock will get you home from the track. That seems to be the general concensus. Plus, Edelbrocks require less fiddling, and work pretty much out of the box.

I ran 2 Edelbrocks on my '27, day in day out for 7 years, in pouring rain, etc. THey never missed a beat. Have had one on my Jeep 5.0 for 4 years, same experience.

Don

As has been said this is a personal preference issue similar to Ford vs Chevy, but in the last couple of months I've seen some posts on this board from people who have had hesitation/bog problems with thier Eddy's right out of the box. That normally relates to metering rod, float adjustment, and/or accelerator pump problems. I'm not real fond of having to pull the air horn off to adjust floats, something you don't have to do with a Holley and changing sizes of metering rods is also something you don't have to do with a Holley. Eddy's are good carbs when tuned properly, but IMHO Holley's are easier to work with as long as you don't over carb a mild street engine.

its whatever works for you. I personally prefer Holley carbs over Edelbrocks. Edelbrock carbs do seem to be more forgiving when not tuned... meaning they will still run decent. Although that doesnt mean its right.
A Holley generally will run like crap if its out of adjustment. I have just had to many bad experiances with Edelbrock carbs.