Thread: What Is Your Pick For The Best Street/strip Carb

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i always run the power valve blockoffs

The old saying is that a Holley will win on race day, but an Edelbrock will get you home from the track. Some truth to it IMO. I think Holleys are a better HP maker, but Edelbrocks are a very forgiving day to day carb.

Oh, if any of you are thinking of running two Edelbrock carbs on a two four manifold, I called Edelbrock the other day to ask how to adjust the idle screws on both carbs. They said crank in the front carb all the way and come back out 1/2 turn. Then set the rear carb to two turns out. This gives you an initial setting to start with. He also said no more than 6 psi at the carb.

I also think Edelbrocks handle dirt in the fuel somewhat better. For some reason Holleys get plugged up real fast with any small amount of dirt.

Don

Any flowed carb.
Pro Systems for drag cars.
Chad Baker for a any dirt car.
A customer of mine brought in an AED carb for his 496 BBC street car and picked up 14 hp and 8 lbs. of torque over a Demon carb.
He said he bought it used off the old evil-bay for $375.
I think it was a flowed 850 dp somewhere around 900 cfm.