Ironically they are owned by the parent company of holley.. "This secured creditor quickly sold off loans secured by Barry Grant’s real estate including his plant in Georgia and his race car shop in North Carolina. After the loans secured by the real estate had already been sold, High Performance Industries, the company that also owns Holley, purchased other loans secured by substantially all of Barry Grant’s operating assets. The operating assets collateralizing these notes were then sold at public auction to High Performance Industries on July 6, 2011." Read more: http://blogs.hotrod.com/more-on-the-barry-grant-bankruptcy-saga-8583.html#ixzz1xaX2THRP I run a Carter right now does that count in the other category, or the Edelbrock category? But as stated before it depends on your application, on a constant driver on the street with a mild engine the edelbrocks tend too be easier to take care of then the holleys, less maintinance and they have a great reputation of being a bolt and go item, especially since the fuel control is vacuum metered throughout the carburetor. But at the track the holley carb or one of its variants is definitely the carb of choice. But someone mentioned this years ago and I always thought it was funny.. and it has some truth too it. If holley carburetors are the superior carburetors... then why are there soo many offshoot companys like BG and Quickfuel thats buisness is based on basically taking a holley carburetor design and fixing all the problems with it.. This is kind of a kick in the pants since the edelbrock/carter carb design hasnt changed more then nameplates and chome in the last 40 years and they still compete/beat with the holleys on the street and thats where all the carb buisness is right now, especially since even nascar is going too EFI... But knowing all this I am almost too the point of running screaming from carburetors....MS3x anybody???.........
I know... Just had to throw that one out there. I just remember my dad always talking about his 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk and that it had a Rochester 4-barrel.
I voted Holley cuz it's been decades since I have worked w/ anything else. My car had/has a new Holley 600 single pumper and has performed well for what I do w/ the car ... just a driver. I had to replace the gaskets on the frt fuel bowl shortly after buying the car " 3 yrs" ago. Other than that -- no other issues.
I voted for edelbrock Ive had holleys on my old trucks and didnt like them always needing adjustments hard to keep in tune on a dirty old truck. maybe just all of the dust from driving it for work and for play edelbrock on my comet has been maintenance free until I stuck a cam in the engine now it likes to run rich I took it to a guy and had it "tuned up" and the engine didnt like it so I had to undo what he did. he made it run lean and either starved it for gas or too much air too little air I dont know but unless its chuggin down the gas its not happy. now that its tuned "down" its a happy wheel spinning camper again
I felt that way - once... But after messing with a 5.0 T-Bird with a rumpy cam, using Fords EEC-IV SEFI, it's going to get a carb... Oh it ran hard, turned in some good numbers at the strip, but drivability was never as good as I'd have liked... In a stock(ish) application, FI is no doubt the way to go... As far as brand, I've run Holleys since the '60s, ain't going to change now...
"Nearly infinite tuneability"...and this is a good thing... sounds like they give you parts for a carb. and you make it work...
I did not vote, but want to say that There is nothing wrong with Holleys or Edelbrocks (Carters). They both work good (when they are working properly). Both have their benefits and both have their quirks. Rochester Quadrajets work get as well. I get a kick out of the "Holley guys" bashing the Edelbrocks, and the "Edelbrock guys" bashing the Holleys.
