Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
afbs. eddys. carters .will still work with a pile of junk in the bowls. i had two i had to scrape out the junk and rebuild for a customer and they work? water sat in them so long that it ate big pits in the bowls . holleys i do not think if that bad would have been saved
I think Pat has hit the crux of it. The Edelbrock/AFB/Carter design just seems to handle dirt and abuse a little better, maybe making them better for the average street driven car. Before we put the tripower on my one Sons 455 Olds convert, he had an aluminum hi-rise with a Holley 750 on it. He was constantly breaking down, and every time it was some very small piece of dirt in the carb. Pulled it off and put the trips on it, problem gone.

This may be an over simplification, and boils down to personal preference too, but from conversations I have had with rodders at shows and runs, this seems to be the general opinion. Now if I were building a drag car, I think the Holley would get the nod.


Don