Right Carb for 351 Cleveland
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Question: I have a 3200 pound car with a 351 Cleveland. It has a Performer manifold > and a Competition Cams Magnum 305 cam. It also has quench(Closed Chamber > Heads). Of the carbs I am looking at : Holley 750 Vacuum Sec Holley 700 Mech > Sec Holley 600 Vaccum Sec
> Whish would be best. I probably max out about 6000 RPM and seldom see track > use. I do see spirited street use.
Answer: I own a 1973 mach 1 with a 351 cleveland, I installed a performer manifold w/a holley 3310 750cfm carb and had nothing but surging problems at almost any steady speed, but great under acceleration. I then spoke to the great people at Edelbrock and they spent time asking many questions and suggested a 650 cfm carb and didn’t even just try to push me toward their own product! Because of that I chose the Edelbrock 1405 performance carb, added an electric choke and have been nothing but thrilled w/the drivability and performance! Just a note…don’t let sales people talk you into the model 1406, it comes w/elec choke but is a gas mileage carb not a performance carb. Good luck Pat.
By the way I am ALL FORD THRU & THRU I have owned my mach 1 since January 1975 it was a repo w/5,072 miles on it I also have a 1978 Bronco w/200,000 miles on it & still going strong, and a 1990 F350 crew cab 4×4.
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