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03-12-2007, 03:56 PM | #1 |
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Which Holley?
I am looking at putting a new carb on my 383 stroker. The edelbrock 650 isnt delivering enough fuel on the top end. What are your guys opinions on the Holley Street Avenger 770. Pros-Cons? Any other opinions will be much appreciated. Thanks for the help.
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03-12-2007, 04:02 PM | #2 |
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Re: Which Holley?
I would also like too know, as I am going to build a 383 and not sure which carb to use.
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03-12-2007, 04:07 PM | #3 |
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Re: Which Holley?
My intention also, but mine will be for off road use, which means a smoooooth idle and plenty of area under the torque curve, vs. high peak HP. So for me, a 650 quadra-jet is the answer. Some places do sell tuned-up q-jets, and a 750 is available.
Holley isn't worth crap off road, unless you like to alternate between flooding and starving, and enjoy keeping a screwdriver (or allen/torx wrench) in your pocket for those fun emergency tuneups.
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03-12-2007, 04:11 PM | #4 |
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Re: Which Holley?
What are your determing factors to let you know your 650 edl. is not delivering enough at the top end.
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03-12-2007, 06:37 PM | #5 |
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Re: Which Holley?
My reasoning behind this is that if I floor it it goes up to about 80 and fails to go any further. It acts like it wants to but hesitates. At other times I can jump on it and it really acts like its starving for fuel. Example being when I manually shift it from first into second, and keep it floored, it hesitates real bad. If I let up and floor it again, about half the time it does fine. Any other opinions would be great. Thanks again for the help.
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03-12-2007, 04:38 PM | #6 |
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Re: Which Holley?
I will let you know in a couple of weeks. I bought the 770 avenger and hope to have it installed and going soon.
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03-12-2007, 06:03 PM | #7 |
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Re: Which Holley?
how much RPM are you looking at in the top end ? If its starving for fuel...thats not really a carb cfm issue. Does Edelbrock even make a 650 CFM carb ? anyway 650 cfm should support up to 5500 RPMs on a 383...maybe a lil more.
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03-12-2007, 06:15 PM | #8 |
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Re: Which Holley?
just for reference, the Edelbrock 1406 is a 600cfm, but the Edelbrock thunder AVS series comes in a 650cfm, & an 800 cfm.
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03-12-2007, 06:24 PM | #9 |
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thats right, I forgot about the AVS model
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03-12-2007, 06:29 PM | #10 |
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Re: Which Holley?
I run a 750 double pumper on my 383 and it runs great.
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03-12-2007, 06:39 PM | #11 |
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Re: Which Holley?
it could be a 600cfm carb. It is the edelbrock carb and intake that originally came on the truck. I did the rebuild and figured that combination would be sufficient.
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