holley truck avenger

[lowe137]

is this carb any good... im looking to buy a blazer and im not sure if i want to get a fuel injected model. or get something cheaper with a carb.. i have used edelbrock and quadrajet and when hillcliming they bog out... i do alot of trail riding.. im skeptical about these holleys.. but i dont know how good a tbi chevy will hold up to lots of trail riding.. any one who has a truck avenger tell me what you think..
plus anyone who has a tbi chevy, how do these hold up to offroading..

[special-K]

I can tell you the TBI will handle all you can give it.It will definately hold up better than any carb.

[Mudder]

From what I have heard the Avenger is pretty good. You can actually buy kits that will do the same thing to a regular carb. I have ran the off road and the street versions. My problem was an intake problem and not the carbs.

[lowe137]

i think im going to get a blazer with tbi instead of a carb... looking for an 87 or newer blazer for my trail rig... what kind of performance upgrades is there for tbi...

[dammitmitchell]

i have the holley street avenger on my 350
it's pretty close to the truck avenger mostly butthe truck avenger is supposed to handle better offroad on more agressive angles..etc etc..
but i dont really have problems with mine.. not any that i diddnt cause myself..

umm "upgrades" edlebrock rpm highrise intake...
and if u wanna be fancy get a throttle spacer plate also.. =-)
that's pretty simple =-)

[Hoods69BadBowTie]

Ya I got T.B.I 350SB in my Fullsize '90 Blazer and I did a lot of cruising on trails in the mtns and mudding it did great no major problems at all. I put all accel stuff on mine plugs, wires, dizzy cap and rotor it also had a Helix Spacer on it that helped out.

[skchevota]

TBI all the way... Carbs are great untill they dump over on a side hill and you start to roll down backward with no power brakes or power steering because the engine died.
Right about in that moment you will be saying( I need EFI).............

[drbyrdman]

I had a stage 2 quadajet from Jet performance on my 72 Blazer and wheeled the hell out it and never had any problems.

[dammitmitchell]

the ultimate question is.. how much money u willing to spend???????

[lowe137]

well my delima right now is to spend $1500 on a 73 or so blazer with a carb.. of spend $3000 on an 87 or newer bazer.. once my taves come back ill have the money for either... but im a cheap motherf*&^%$ and dont want to spend the extra money if i dont need it... but i think now im going to go with the tbi... i just dont have much experience working on fuel injection systems.. and i do all my own mechanic work....

[1-tonmudder]

I spent a small fortune tryin to get a carb to work offroad and finally went with a TBI and have never looked back.I wouldnt spend alot of money tryin to get any offroad perf out of a TBI engine.Take that money and spend it on gears,lockers,and/or a doubler.You'll be better off.

['63GENIII]

I have an Edelbrock and although it runs great, it also floods when parked in my driveway (30 deg. angle). Carbs are great for simplicity but if you want reliability, tuneability and some thing that does a little of the thinking for you, I'd say the extra 1500 is well spent money. I'm going for the LS1 swap next year myself just for those reasons alone. Good luck, Chris