by marlin3030hntr » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:09 pm
the holley regardless is way too big for these motors and no matter what carb you decide to put on and mess with its all about tuning as long as you are not over carbed, the nice thing about the weber is if you know about carbs and tuning you can supertune a weber to get pretty damn good mpg, have a weber on my 80 arrow with a 2.0 and getting almost 30 mpg and havent even jetted it down yet, its all about that if i was gonna really get crazy with getting good mpg and decided against propane i'd make an adapter and put a holley 1bbl on it and tune it up and could push probably 35mpg as long as i drove conservatively which i usually do, the 2bbl holley is too much carb for these little motors my 77 bb 400 ford had a holley 350 on it and it ran like a raped date, when it got worn out i got a 500cfm 2bbl holley and it really gets it on, it comes down to a few key things,
The motor build combo, i.e. the cam, pistons, valves etc, etc if all aren't put in the right combo its never gonna be a good motor no matter what carb you put on it
Your vehiclde weight and altitude you live at
And most important, tuning and the driver
-80 Arrow Truck(daily driver)
-64 Scout SOA conversion w/ chevy v8 and th350 swap(4x4 hunting rig)
-77 f100 w/ 400m(ass haulin pickup)
-67 Plymouth Belvedere orig. 318(8 yr project car and going)
-86 Mustang GT(weekend cruiser)