Hello!

So I recently inherited my uncle's '79 Camaro... All the work was done by a local speed shop before he purchased it 16 years ago - he didn't do much work to it as it was already pretty well set up.

The carb on it now is beyond rebuilding. It's a Holley 1850-3. The engine (as far as we both can tell) is the stock 350. The intake manifold is an Edelbrock Performer (I believe it's a 2701, based off of the shape of the holes in the top)

With this, I need a suggestion for a new carb. I'm leaning towards Edelbrock, but don't have much of a preference. All of my other cars have had fuel injection, so I'm a novice when it comes to this part of backyard mechanic-hood. I'd also prefer it to be as seamless in replacing the Holley as possible (aka just mount and hook up with the current set-up). Of course, I want to get as much out of the engine as possible, so whichever would be optimal for the intake/engine set up.

Thanks!

-Shawn

 

edelbrock 1406 with electric choke will bolt on and are fairly easy to tune

 

I don't think the current setup is an electric choke. Would there be any wiring necessary? What would be the cons to installing the manual choke option?

 

If you read the instructions things always go a lot easer. It is the most important thing when starting a new project.

 

If you want it absolutely seamless, then wouldn't it make sense to just stay with another 1850 Holley? The last one lasted 16 yrs., so maybe it's an easy choice?

 

the electric choke is a one wire to key on switch easy to add in and the manual choke will be just as hard to install and deal with the work just more of a preference

 

I have cars with both manual and electric chokes. If your carb is presently a manual choke, then the easiest thing is to get another carb with a manual choke, as it's simply a reconnect, vs. wiring new. Not that wiring an electric choke is hard, but it will need to be done, plus manual setup stripped out.

 

They stopped making the 1850... They have a replacement, but I wanted to go for Edelbrock.

The 1405 is the manual choke model... Would that be the highest performance I could go with the current intake manifold setup on the 350? If I'm investing in a new carb, I'd like to consider my options.

 

without knowing what is inside of the engine as in cam and bore and compression ration i feel a 600-650 cfm will be pretty close to what you are thinking you want to get out of it also the 1805 had 600 cfm. you could get into something a little bigger but i feel that with the current set up its maybe a .030 ove bore and a mild cam in it so you may lose power on the low end by flooding out over 700cfm

 

No, they still make the same 1850, just added an "S" to the end of the number. But if you want to go to a Edelbrock, it's your money, and you can buy whatever you like. The Edelbrock 1405 is the same cfm, and manual choke, so it should be an easy swap.