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Old 12-21-2012, 11:54 PM   #1
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What are you running for a carb on your BBC 60-66??

I'm currently running a Holley 650 double pumper on my 454 in my 64. It has about 10 years since its last full rebuild. Currently, if I drive it really easy on the highway, i get about 10 mpg. In town lucky to get 5. It's starting to have drivability issues and an occasional leak. I've heard Edelbrock is more reliable and driver friendly with better milege. My question is.... Do I rebuild the Holley again or buy a new Edelbrock? If new, what cfm? Any tweaking as far as metering rods? I'm in Central Cal closer to sea level.
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Old 12-22-2012, 12:34 AM   #2
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Re: What are you running for a carb on your BBC 60-66??

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I'm currently running a Holley 650 double pumper on my 454 in my 64. It has about 10 years since its last full rebuild. Currently, if I drive it really easy on the highway, i get about 10 mpg. In town lucky to get 5. It's starting to have drivability issues and an occasional leak. I've heard Edelbrock is more reliable and driver friendly with better milege. My question is.... Do I rebuild the Holley again or buy a new Edelbrock? If new, what cfm? Any tweaking as far as metering rods? I'm in Central Cal closer to sea level.
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I run a Quick Fuel Q-Series 750 Double Pumper on my BBC, you couldn't give me a Edelbrock carb.
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Old 12-22-2012, 01:58 AM   #3
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Re: What are you running for a carb on your BBC 60-66??

I've currently got a Holley 3310-1 (780 cfm) on my 454. It's probably a little big, but it's what I had at the time. I had plans of changing to a Holley Street Avenger 670, but I got a deal on a EFI setup, so I'll be going that route evetually.

I prefer Holley's over Edelbrocks. The Holley's are so much easier to tune for me.
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Old 12-22-2012, 04:16 AM   #4
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Re: What are you running for a carb on your BBC 60-66??

if your carb has 10 years on it, id buy another one. reason being, the throttle plate shafts are probably worn.

ease of maintenance/tuning the edlebrokc carb.

but in my eyes you cant beat a holley... but many people will say this about a Q'jet as well.
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Old 12-22-2012, 07:40 AM   #5
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Re: What are you running for a carb on your BBC 60-66??

i run a qjet on my 454 1062 suburan and i get 13 mpg
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Old 12-22-2012, 01:56 PM   #6
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Re: What are you running for a carb on your BBC 60-66??

Carter AFB 625cfm. Manual choke. Love it so far
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Old 12-22-2012, 05:44 PM   #7
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Re: What are you running for a carb on your BBC 60-66??

have a edelbrock 750 manual choke model 1407. its on a 427, ran the same carb in my 69 chevelle ss w/396. never had any issues...easy to rebuild & tune
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Old 12-22-2012, 08:39 PM   #8
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Re: What are you running for a carb on your BBC 60-66??

Not sure if Holley and others do this as well but Edelbrock has some pretty good YouTube videos for tuning and rebuilding their carbs online. More of an FYI than a recommendation.
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Old 12-22-2012, 09:20 PM   #9
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Re: What are you running for a carb on your BBC 60-66??

I went with a Quick Fuel. I think I will be able to pass everything except a gas station.
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