new carb doesnt do much more on the low end, i mean im not leaving a trail of rubber when i take off from a light or anything but then again it definatly gets up and gets to work alot quicker, i was going 90 today and didnt even realize it. it idles ALOT smother too. believe it or not i think i could actually get beter mpg out of it if i stay out of the secondarie bbl since its a progressive carb. hopefully i can get a choke and steel fule lines going sometime in the not so distant future, its warm nw so the choke can wait. if i was going for an "all the power i can get" set up i probably would go with a directly mounted non-progressive carb, but on the street its alot of fun and could still beat my v8 regal. obviously a cam and header would only add to the fun as well. i got a good deal from badbrad73 but from what i hear this setup(carb and adapter) can be had for about $100 so for you I6 guys it might be something to look into if your not going v8. all i needed were 6 bolts and 4 nuts from the parts store, it even uses the same throttle linkage. as for the problems its going to need an aftermarket tranny downshift if you have an auto tranny and ive yet to put any thought into the air cleaner situation so if anyone has any ideas for that please let me know. p.s. can anyone figure out where my oil cap came from? I left my chrome one behind somewhere
I didn't realize those were progressive. That's cool. I know Holley made some 2v carbs for the 2.3 Pinto engine that were standard race 2vs, but had progressive operation with the linkage on the side. I always wondered what those would do for performance. Being a Ford specific Holley, I figured those would have a kick down arm too. Good work. Hope it only gets better! Edit: Holley 2305 is the carb. Comes in 2 flavors, 350 and 500. Both annular discharge too.
