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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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What carb

i have a SBC 350 with dart iron eagle platinum heads. 200cc and 64cc chamber. Edelbrock performer intake, Edelbrock TES headers, and lunati 60103 cam. I currently have the edelbrock 1406 carb which is 600cfm and im pretty sure its not gonna be big enough what carb size and brands do you guys suggest?
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 07:37 PM
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Re: What carb

That Edelbrock should be fine.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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First, what are you using the car for? Cruising? Daily driver? Track-only? Street/strip?

Originally Posted by hartman
i have a SBC 350 with dart iron eagle platinum heads. 200cc and 64cc chamber. Edelbrock performer intake, Edelbrock TES headers, and lunati 60103 cam.
You have pretty big heads with a fairly large cam. The powerband advertised by Lunati is 1800-6200 RPMs. The standard carb CFM formula is CID times max-RPM divided by 3456. Plug your numbers in, it comes up to 627 CFM. That assumes 100% volumetric efficiency (rare) and single plane intake manifold. You have a dual plane intake, which effectively splits the carb in two, meaning a little larger carb is usually required to get max power.

If you are primarily racing the car, then get a 650 double pumper Holley. If you're only cruising with it or driving it daily, your current carb will suffice.

BTW, your intake manifold is a mismatch with your cam & heads. You should be running a Performer RPM.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 03:43 PM
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Re: What carb

its going to be daily with some strip use.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 06:01 PM
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Re: What carb

and yea i do have a mismatch intake i dont have these parts on yet just getting everything rounded up before it goes on. I have the EPS intake which is only to 5500 rpm so ill be looking for the rpm one
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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its going to be daily with some strip use.
How much stall?

Your user info says TH350, is that correct?
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 06:36 PM
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Re: What carb

yea around a 2600 stall and yea built th350 with full manual VB gears im unsure on but am looking for a posi and around 3.73 gears
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 08:57 PM
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Re: What carb

with that stall and either 3.73 or 3.42 gears still the 650 dp?
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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With stock stall you could put a 750 DP on a 350 without problems.
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 04:57 PM
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its a 2600-2800 stall.
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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 05:19 PM
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Re: What carb

I know some people would disagree but I would do a Holley 750dp. My car has a 750dp/HP and a Weiand team G single plain intake and I wouldn't change a thing but my car is not a daily driver.


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Old Mar 25, 2011 | 05:36 PM
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Re: What carb

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I know some people would disagree but I would do a Holley 750dp. My car has a 750dp/HP and a Weiand team G single plain intake and I wouldn't change a thing but my car is not a daily driver.


Mark.
I run a 750 on mine as well. Only difference is I have an Airgap RPM. Aside from that - everything else is identical to his build for the most part.
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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Re: What carb

well will my 600 suffice for a while till i get enough money for a bigger one?
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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 08:03 PM
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Re: What carb

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well will my 600 suffice for a while till i get enough money for a bigger one?
Yeah, you'll be fine for now.
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 10:46 AM
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Re: What carb

A holly 650 dp would be big enough right? the 750 will just be big enough for future uses?
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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 10:53 AM
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Re: What carb

i had an arguement with a good friend of mine because i wanted to run a 750dp. he told me that the 650dp i have now is plenty for my motor. and i have fully ported heads also
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