Thats a good carburetor here is Summits listing http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1∂=EDL-1406&N=700+115&autoview=sku or you can get a remanufactured one through Summit too http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=EDL-9906&N=700+4294919007+115&autoview=sku
And I need some linkage to fit a ford 302 right? These are the 2 things I found: http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=EDL%2D1473&N=700+&autoview=sku (throttle lever linkage) http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=EDL-1483&N=700+&autoview=sku (throttle lever adapter)
I just needed this one for my transmission kickdown http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=EDL-1483&N=700+&autoview=sku (throttle lever adapter) Some people say you dont even need that with a C4 (that is another one of those opinion wars) but where the maverick is cable operated I just needed to use a pivot ball to attach it to the cable. and some people use these to align their stock cable on the manifold http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=EDL-1490
So the carb will mount in place of the carb I have now? Will I need to get a carb spacer? Currently there is a stock intake and a 2 bbl cab on the stock 302.
I used the 1406 Edelbrock for years, and it really was bolt-on and go, right out of the box. Until I started beefing up the engine. Then I had to buy the calibration kit and rich it up. But I had no complaints at all. Easy to work on, and you can swap rods out in minutes on the side of the street. It is not as adjustable as the holley, but that also means that you can get what you want out of it without so much fine tuning. I now have a holley double pumper 600 cfm and still haven't quite fine tuned it to work, but I am close. The edelbrock quit working for me because, in my opinion, it ran out of cfms (or something...it go too lean for me) for my engine as I got better heads and cam. It got to where even with the calibration kit, I could not get it rich enough to take off hard, but it did me well for many years and for many upgrades (each upgrade I had to rich it up a little more until I ran out of calibrations from the kit). Many guys say that the 600 cfm was plenty for my engine, but I was the guy driving it and beefing it up, and it really did run better with more rich in it each time. Finally, I couldn't get it rich enough and swapped it out. As long as you have the 4 bbl intake (Performer included) either carb will fit. No spacer needed.
I'd try one of these: http://store.summitracing.com/partd...4294925239+400304+4294839063+115&autoview=sku I've been doing some reading on them, kinda like the old standby Autolite 4100.
i dont know specificly what it is about the holey but they are alot more responsive to throttle movement than edelbrocks. i suspect its the different styles of accelorator pumps. i truely belive that if you got a new 600 cfm vac secondary holey out of the box and a new edelbrock 600 cfm carb out of the box and tryed them both they will both run about the same. the holey will have feel more responsive. if you dont know anything about carbs you might as well start with a holey. the only thing that makes the edelbrock a "esyer" carb to tune is that you dont have to spill or drain gas to do richen or lean out the carb. thats it. the only other weak point that the holey probly has its it powervalves can go bad and start leaking extra fuel in to the motor. i really sugest that you start with a holey. the parts you have and are looking at will work alot beter with a holey or holey derivitive like a deamon.
I agree with bryant, that the only thing harder about working on holleys is draining the bowls to get to the jets. On the edels, you can only swap rods easily, the jets need to have the whole top half of the carb removed and that can take a while and is a bit of work. So, if you know nothing about carbs, you will likely end up with a holley if you start building up your engine, so you might as well start with one and learn it from the ground up.
the only place ive seen the predators used is in mud bog racing. ive seen a few people try to use them on the street and dragracing but they never keep them. they always end up with a holey. i used to work at super shops and we had one on the shelf that had sat there sence the beguining of time. the concept of it is really cool but nobody has experience with them.
Ummm sarcasm does not show up that easily on forums..... I would never seriously recommend something based on a variable venturi carburetor And I hate to say it I keep seeing alot more Edelbrocks and less holleys on the street. Personally I would rather be out drivng then trying to get a carb tuned in.....
I know a guy that has 2 Predators on his blown 69 Mustang. Then again he likes things different, he had 4 Dellorto's on his Blown Torino.
I know a few guys now that have junked the Holley for an Edelbrock. Same reason. Sick of adjusting Holleys. For someone who doesnt have the experience to play with a Holley I would go Edelbrock. I run Holley but only because I know they perform if you keep tinkering. I started rebuilding and setting up Holleys in college. Made a killing off all the Chevy guys around here that replaced Q-jets. 100 bucks labor plus parts and 50 to set up on car. That was 20 years ago and good money to play with in college.
