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Thanks for the advice, guys. I hadn't even thought of a compression test, and i may as well, since my dad has the gear to do it.

Will an Edelbrock carb perform well right out of the box, or am i going to have to do alot tweaking to suit it to my engine? I hear those stories about Holleys, i know not what amount of truth they have to them.

It might be O.K. out of the box, if not. The Edelbrocks are an easy tune without a big mess of spilling fuel as with the Holley. They come with easy to understand instruction. Also if you get to the point where the exhaust is new. Leave the H-pipe out until you get it running.

Go back from the headers and spray a light strip of NON HIGH HEAT paint down the exhaust tubes back to the mufflers. Start the motor and drive it around the block a few times and where the paint starts to peel 1st is where you want the H-pipe installed.

The Edelbrock carb is less likely to need to be worked on.. Holleys can deliver a little better peformance but are much more prone to malfunction.. On the 460 I would look at a fresh timing set as those tend to get sloppy and the nylon cam gear is brittle, plus if you put the thing in at zero degrees it will make more torque.