Do you have a fuel pressure gauge in the fuel line so you can see what the pressure does? Fuel pressure should not drop noticeably. If so what pressure are you running at? I believe all Holley blue pumps require a pressure regulator.
I've never had a Edelbrock Carb. All I've ever used were Holleys. Not getting enough fuel at the top end, all I've done is bumped the rear jets up a couple of sizes. Not to sound stupid but have you replaced the fuel filter. I had that happen to me once.
there is something wrong with that carb. im thinking the the accelorator pump is not working corrrectly or the transition ports are cloged. the plunger for the accelorator pump could be bad or a passage is blocked. i would try rebuilding the carb or finding another one to try on the motor.
Haha, yessir, still having the same problem... In my defense though, the car has been parked for the last 3 years and was only driven a few times in the 2 years prior to that. I was in college and couldn't afford the gas, much less a new carb. Now that I'm teaching, I can finally work on the car a bit. All those in favor of the Holley carb, what carb do y'all recommend for my application? I'm going to take this carb to a local guy and see if he can go through it for me. Maybe he can troubleshoot it a bit...
1850 is a good carb, vacuum secondaries, manual or automatic choke, kick-down compatible... Easy to tune good for a street engine up to 350 - 360 cu"
Well next payday, I may just need to pick one up... I'm ready to get back behind the wheel! I cranked it again today...it needs to be driven... Thanks for the advice!!!
Nothing wrong with an edelbrock carb. If a street/strip car-they're a better choice than the Holley. Holley for strip cars and Edelbrock for anything that gets used on the street. Reason being...the Eddy's don't need constant maintenance. No way for fuel to leak out externally. Floats don't "change" settings. Basically, set it up and forget about it. BUT in a high performance application-that is also where they are less than ideal. There's only so much that most people can do with them. Holley on the other hand-the sky is the limit as far as modification to make it work on 99% of anything out there. But that is what makes them fickle. Easy to get confused with them because there's so many things that can go wrong just because there's so much that can be done to them. the 0-1850 isn't a bad carb but man oh man...old school technology there. Do they still use a non-adjustable metering plate for the secondaries? And that STOOPID crossover tube from the front bowl to the rear...the two or three that I've had all leaked at one time or another from that tube. Same with the 3310 750's. I really liked the annular discharge booster carb that I had at one time. Good driveability, would be great on smaller engine, and Holley's typical almost infinite adjustability. That thing vanished into thin air or I'd still be running it more than likely. That said-if I had the choice, I'd go EFI-- or on a strip only car mechanical FI. I did have the choice with my Mustang and chose EFI-less to mess with once it's running (which it isn't yet).
