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was wondering if this would be a good carb for my truck its a 1972 Chevrolet C-10 with a 350 and TH350 transmission stock stock motor except added headers i do have an intake or it as well now.. here is the link and its part #510-O-80770
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...49689_-1_10271
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Re: Holley Carbs
It would work, but with a stock motor, it may be an unwise use of $$. A regular Holley with vacuum secondaries, either 600 or 650CFM would work just as good IMO. The avengers tend to cater to the 'built' motors that flow better than stock.
Paul
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![]() I've always liked Holley's, but I also read lots of stories about them being finickey to tune (not that they can't...ya just gotta tweak on 'em). The S/A line is supposed to be Holley's "bolt 'er on & GO" set-up, being marketed to counter this line of thought...kinda like Edelbrocks, but less spendy.
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Re: Holley Carbs
Edelbrock for me, Holleys are kind of a pain to tune properly, just my opinion though
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Re: Holley Carbs
The Street Avenger I got works great. I had to change the power valve and accel. pump cam on mine to eliminate a slight hesitation. And the reason, from Holley Tech, is that I'm running a mild cam and headers. And I went too big (670), to accomidate some future upgrades. Both were very easy fixes that cost less than $20 total. If I had gotten the 570, it would have been a breeze.
All that said, I think the Street Avenger is a fine carb for stock to warmed up motors. Mine's got excellent throttle response, and great part throttle control. DON'T BUY IT FROM JEG'S!!!!!!! Look on Ebay! I got mine for $285 shipped to my door. And they even threw in a cheapie fuel line set-up. All Brand new, In the box. Jay
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Re: Holley Carbs
Why not rebuild the factory carb? Or find one? No matter what you get it won't be tuned for your engine out of the box. Holly and Edlebrock are a waste of money IMO.
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Re: Holley Carbs
well i have the Qjet on it now just dont like it i have always been a Holley Carb person infact i have one i got for free sittin in storage but when it wa givin to me it was disassembled ad im not sure if all the screws are in it and i wouldnt know where to begin the guy told me it was a Holley 780 its also a double pumper
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Re: Holley Carbs
That 770 cfm DP is a lot of carb for a stock 350 w/headers and intake. JMHO...
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Re: Holley Carbs
I'm watching this thread for advice,but I have questions too. If you have a Q-jet now then you have a spread bore mani? Is the s/a spead-bore or square? Q-jet ( at least mine) is non-electric choke,the s/a is electric choke so you'd have to change over to that I quess. The part # you gave is for a 400-500 HP engine,wouldn't the 570 cfm be better? thx
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Re: Holley Carbs
Please don't get Holley. I bought a 400 dollar Street Avenger and it wouldn't even run on the preset settings. It is SUPPOSED to atleast start, but it didn't. I eventually did get it to run but it always had a delay. So I traded it for a polished Eelbrock 600CFM and the motor caught as soon as I turned the key. The Edelbrock has NO delay and the finish is beautiful. Also, the street avenger had some weird setup where ti needed to have the fuel line connected intwo places. The Eddie only needs one fuel line connection.
Did I also mention that, at the time anyway, the Edelbrock was half the price of the Holley? I'm sorry, but Holley has gone down the tubes. Some of you, I'm sure, enjoy your Holley carbs. But my little experience has pretty much made me an Edelbrock loyalist.
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Re: Holley Carbs
They have a Truck Avenger Carb now. It's made especially for our heavy trucks and has great throttle response.
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Is it actually based on weight though? I mean, I thought it was for rock crawlers for when they become UNhorizontal or because of the bumps or something. I mean, if it figures in the fact that its a truck, thats cool. But carbs aren't that technical, are they? Maybe it has larger jets or something?
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Re: Holley Carbs
the truck series is for 4x4 where you bounce around alot. I have not had any luck with the Avenger series carbs, save the hassle and stick to qjet. I spent 3 hours on the last one i bought and still had lousy response at low end
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Ive built 3 cars/trucks in the last 7 or 8 years & used Holley Street Avengers on all 3. & I dont have a complaint to make on any of em...cept the juck clear site plugs well eventually leak( replace them before install in my opinion.
I would first strongly consider a properly rebuilt & tuned q-jet. If its an otherwise stock 350, its gonna stay below 5000 RPMs. I think I would use a 570 Holley. It well likely have to be jetted up a bit, & possibly a bigger booster, but itll run good.
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its good to see some people have had good luck. The clear sight glass is only suppost to be used for setup and then removed and replaced with the brass ones provided.
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Re: Holley Carbs
The 570 will work great on a stock 350.
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Use what you like brand wise. I think Autozone sell reman Q-Jets cheap too. If you use the Holley, a 600 or 650 vac secondary is plenty for your engine. As they said above the 570 will work good too.
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Re: Holley Carbs
This is a quote from Bowtieguy's website reguarding cheap carb options for your truck:
Another idea, more of an improvement over increase in power, you can get a remanufactored Quadrojet carberator from a '74 Chevy truck 1/2 ton 2wd without heavy duty suspension for $106.99 plus core. Its almost as cheap to replace them then rebuild them if you look for the right parts off the right years. I am by no means trying to promote Auto Zone, just piont out that if you look for the parts online and look for different years you CAN find parts, even the factory performance parts cheaper then the original replacement parts. These prices are specificly for for louisiana so they may very for different locations. |
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Yeah...I dont have much faith in Autozone or any of the big box parts stores reman stuff. If I was going to use a reman carb, Id find a reputable carb shop, or do it myself.
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Re: Holley Carbs
IMHO anytime you are talking about a vacuum secondary carb it will work with a stock motor as long as you picked the right size and they jets are appropriately sized.
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Re: Holley Carbs
I would say go with a q-jet or an Edelbrock even though I don't like their design. Once you get one set to perfect you should never have to touch it again until you change something on your truck.
I am a Holley fan personally and I do agree to some extent that they have gone down the drain. My '69 currently has a 600 cfm Edelbrock (1406) that I just rebuilt (pain in the a** by the way). I plan to switch to a 625 Road Demon Jr. as soon as I have the money. I have heard some good and bad things about them but I like the look and finish I have seen at some shows. I would like to hear some feedback on Demons if anyone has any.
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I would just rebuild the Q-jet rebuild kit is only $13.00 and they are very easy to rebuild. Another good thing about them is they work great on (for the most part stock engines).
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