Thread: 4 hole carb spacer for better signal, will it work?
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Old 07-03-2016, 02:49 PM   #18
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Re: 4 hole carb spacer for better signal, will it work?
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I -think- all the modern Holley carbs (like the newer HP line) have power valve protection, but it's definitely something to check. Hopefully it saved you during the backfires.
They do. Every Holley carb built since 1994 has blowout protection built in.

But a really hard huff through the carb can still blow one out. But it would be a pretty violent backfire to do it.

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