VIC JR. EDELBROCK for President!!!
 

Throughout the years I've owned many Quadrajets, Holleys and Thermoquads but only two Edelbrocks! My first Edelbrock experience was using an 850cfm on my 440 Moho, I tried many different Holleys on the 440 but could never get it dialed in until I put the Edelbrock 850 on it, it ran perfect! My 2nd Edelbrock experience was today, I had a Quadrajet on my mid 70's 454 and like the 440 I just couldn't get it to run right, I lacked power, throttle response and fuel mileage! I decided to look on Craigslist for another Quadrajet or Holley but found an Edelbrock Performer 1407, the guy said it had been sitting for 5 years but he only wanted $100 so I bought it anyways and I'm damn glad I did! After buying a $15 Mr. Gasket squarebore to spreadbore adapter I put the 1407 on, bolted it down, hooked up the gas line, plugged two vacuum ports and it fired up and the old 454 ran perfect!!!, LOL no kidding, I'm so stoked! I now have power, throttle response and good fuel mileage so that's why I say Vic Jr. Edelbrock for President!!! Edelbrock Performers will be the ONLY carburetor I will ever buy for any of my future vehicles and I hope some of you out there will use this thread as a learning experience and dump your Quadrajets and Holleys and bolt on a far superior carburetor, the Edelbrock Performer!!!

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To bad edelbrocks run like dirt on 95% of anything they are bolted to.
If I need a carb to run in an apocalypse I will run a edelbrock that does nothing but dump fuel and air like a prehistoric monkey. If I want a carb to piss me off for a month I get a quadrajet if I want something that with a lil understanding and can tune like injection I go holley. Of you want a carb built by the gods get a predator.

That being said. What do you think about qudrabogs now? :lol: glad to see its running like it should. Save some money and get a proper intake for that thing and be amazed at how nice it runs
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Also don't thank edelbrock thank carter and webber. They made the design first and edelbrock the self righteous prick of a company they are put their name on someone else's stuff. They Prob killed Mickey Thompson too

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Actually you may want to thank Carter (no longer making carburetors) for designing it back in the 60's. I suppose you could thank Edelbrock for buying the design and keeping it in production.

It's a good carb that shines in simplicity. It is so simple that it's hard to screw up and easy to work on. They work well on stock to mild performance engines. The trade off though is that they just don't have the tuneability that newer design carbs have.

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I think it was the early 50's even when it was brought about
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I got a pretty good chuckle from this thread. Thanks op!

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Further research tells it was used from 1957 to 1967 in a lot of OEM applications. Older than I thought!

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Bullet proof design though. So simple that they are as reliable as fords rusting
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Didn't mean to give you a STROKE! I'm happy as hell with my Edelbrock, JEALOUS? I was a Quadrajet fan until now, never Holley but that's my opinion, just like yours!

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I slapped a eddy on my 305 650cfm and it worked no tuning or nothing
i remeber i needed to get my truck back on the road and well i was able to put it on and well lets jus say its so easy you can do it with a few sockets and wrenches
Eddys are good in my book

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I have an 1412 in Craigslist right now lol
Every carb has its purpose. Except quadrajet lol their purpose is has mileage and breaking and breaking nerves lol. But teach his own. Don't get me wrong I don't hate the afbs but don't like the fact they are very limited and yes I do hate quadrajets they have almost killed me many times
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Let's see a Holley perform as well as my Edelbrock after sitting on a shelf for 5 years!

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Should see my dads 40yr old 780 holley. It's uglier than a beaten dog with minge but no matter how much I offer to buy it from him ($800 once lol) he won't let it go cause it works so damn well.
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But like I said afbs are proven to be bulletproof and rarely ever don't work

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You speak very highly of your Edelbrock in your Craigslist ad! What's up?

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It's an 800cfm carb and I have no use for it. It worked and that's it just worked. Didn't perform any miracles just...ran lol. I have no big blocks do its just a hole in my pocket
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:rolleyes:

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i love my eddy.

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:lol:

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I love my Edelbrock as well. Fought and fought with the Quadrajet. I was going to buy a reman Quadarjet and realized I could buy a brand new Edelbrock for almost the same money. I bought the Edelbrock and have been happy ever since! SUPER easy to work on and cheap/easy to get parts for.

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I vote for Eddy as well. I'm retarded when it comes to carbs and I took my eddie apart to clean it and actually got it running on the truck too.

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I run Edelbrocks...one reason is because I get them very cheap on Craigslist. I also detest the Quadra-bog and I'm not patient or smart enough to figure out a Holley.

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I've given up and gona toss this holley soon get me an eddy
I've always heard they ran good...
gona do both Jimmys,
the 79 is a 2B, i picked up a used performer intake this summer for it

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You got a lot of black in that holley. Backfire much?
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only edelbrock I would ever consider would be one of the newer ones avs series. other then that if you happy with it run it took me a few years to fine tune a q jet now I wont go back to a edelbrock or a holley unless I have no options


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Barry grant came out with their version of the afb have any of you seen that one yet? Maybe they made it a lil more tunable?
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I had a edelbrock carb on my 402 bbc long time ago and it fell flat on its face with that carb.
Only used it to try and get through emissions, put a 750 double pumper on the rat and
woke it back up.

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yup it did when i bought it(those are when i got it home)
stumble,fart and stall,but it sounded great to me anyway
nice air filter eh!
since...new air filter,complete tune up,new fuel pump,new chain,intake seal,advance weights,

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Advance weights are a good way to trash an hei. Poor carb prob been beat to hell lol. So how you work after taking 100backfires in the butt hahaha. If you want to give that holley a good home let me know
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i have a 625 carter afb on my truck. i guess it would work great for some ones dump runner with a carb full of rusty goo. slap on the carter and drive. im going to try a holley soon. maybe next swap meet ( and allot more researching) i can find the carb i am looking for

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What are you looking for?
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i plan on keeping everything so i can cruise around town but still hammer on it a few times a day

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I had to reiterate on how freaking AWESOME this Edelbrock 1407 w/ electric choke is! Last night after installing it on my mid 70's 454 I thought this is to good to be true! I thought yeah sure, tomorrow it will run like crap just like it did with the Quadrajet but I got home from work, fired it up and WoooHooo it runs great!!! It's like driving a new truck! Like I said, I've given Quadrajets and Holleys many chances to prove themselves but nothing so far compares to the mighty Edelbrock 1407!

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Anyone ever used a demon carb? just wondering...

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Have a demon modified holley 750 on mine, cost me $75 on Craigslist lol I just added holley needle valves and tuned it on the truck and haven't touched it in years. The guy I bought it from couldn't keep the floats adjusted with his fuel pump and it flooded a lot. His misfortune for not using a regulator and my gain lol.

Barry grant has thier version of the carter four barrel now too
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i saw a couple predators at the last swap meet, weird looking carbs for sure. i have yet to see anyone use one though

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They are stupid simple from what I hear. But so big it's hard to run one under a hood
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i saw one on craigs list a while ago, it might be fun to try one out

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Yah I also hear that they meter fuel with a cam inside kinda like a holley accelerator pump. A lot of lore behind them carbs. At least our hoods are tall enough to run them
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