Originally Posted by
subbie racer
i never said the corvette was EFI, its now a 383 stroker small block, everything was converted over to carbureted (brought it like this) since dad owned it, we upgraded the cams, carb and fuel delivery system. my dad so called corvette specialist put on a holley 650 cfm double pump carb. at first it ran good but the guy never timed it, so we decided to find a different guy and we did, Joey's performance down in hudson, and he had the custom carb made.
and instead of bashing me about helping the guy, why dont you try helping him also instead of typing some useless bullshit.
YouTube - 86 corvette rev. and heres the link to my dads corvette, this only has the cam upgrade, nothing else in it, just havent made a new video
I bashed you because your talking out of your ass with incorrect technical points that offer no help what so ever.
If you want to help then have some back ground on the subject that you want to help with and offer good and useful info. Dont tell someone they need to get rid of a carb when you dont even know what kind of carb she has on there,.. all you know is that it is a Holley. Dont tell someone it must be the clutch or a torq converter when you have no idea. The best help you could have told him was to take it to a shop to get diagnosed. No one can tell him what is wrong with it with out looking at it and tearing it open. Odds are he has a solenoid or sensor gone bad effecting his shift points. But offering that info does not help because he can not repair it himself. So the only real help will be to tell him to take it to a shop.
If you want to help then be specific and dont talk trash just for the sake of trying to seem important. Thats how you come across to me.
There is nothing wrong with using a Holley carb on a small block Ford. They simplify diagnostic procedures, offer equal and often superior performance to comparable EFI set ups,.. and lastly when starting from scratch are arguably the most cost effective way to go when trying to do a performance application on a budget. The only time they really need adjustment is when the car travels to different elevations where here in Fla the carb would be jetted for sea level operation. At a place like Colorado it would need to be rejetted to run properly. Other than that they need no more maintenance or adjustments than an EFI set up does. They need periodic cleaning the same as EFI components do. Beyond that they are trouble free.
That little carb'd V8 in her car will more than likely embarrass your 300z.
Hurst