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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 01:08 PM
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What size carburator?

What is the biggest carburator that can fit on a stock intake manifold for a 440? I know it came with an 800 CFM.
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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i think at least a 1500 but i could be wrong ....... can i ask why 67 ?
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 03:33 AM
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I'm wondering why too. You don't want to go too big becuase then you won't be able to jet it down enough.
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 01:38 PM
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1500, WOW
I was thinking more along the lines of like a 900 CFM carburator
I was just thinking about it
the carb on it came with the car, and it is a 750, but that 50 less CFM's don't bother me
When I was driving the other day, it stuck, and the rear barrels opened late, making the car surge forward


when i got the car, it had a high pressure fuel pump on it, without a regulator. the floats in the carb. were bent, and i just chalked this up to the high pressure fuel pump
can the 10 pound pump do that?
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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67 I would not even suggest a carb over 750 unless you are running 600hp or more, you would just be wasting money if you went any bigger, you should be able to jet out the carb you have and its way cheaper so i would go to summit or some where and just buy a jeting kit and try different ones to get what you are looking for and as far as the floats - it could happen with way to much pressure so i would regulate it
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Old Dec 17, 2008 | 06:11 PM
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well, i put the stock fuel pump on since then
the car originally came with an 800 CFM carb
what do you think could cause the sticking problem?
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 02:48 AM
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What type carb is on there now? If it's Vacuum secondary, there's adjustments to allow tuning of when the secondaries open. What you described could be opening too soon as well as opening too late. If you felt a hesitation, then a surge, odds are it's opening too soon. If you kept a steady power, then noticeably felt a surge well after you nailed it, that's opening too late.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 03:06 AM
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The carb probably just needs a good cleaning inside and out. It doesn't take much to get a carb to stick open.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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on it right now is a 750 CFM Edelbrock AVS
I cleaned out the carb. earlier this year, when the idle circuit was blocked. It was just dirt blocking it.
I am gonna take the car out again this week, to test to see if it happens again.
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Old Dec 19, 2008 | 03:07 AM
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How old is the carb do you think?
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Old Dec 19, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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the carb. is over 10 years old
but, it spent nine years of its life sitting
over the summer, when i opened it up, most of the gasoline had turned to varnish, but i cleaned it all out
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Old Dec 20, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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i was thinking of getting a new carb. from edelbrock
what is the difference between a 800 CFM carb, and then the thunder series 800 CFM carb?
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Old Dec 22, 2008 | 08:55 AM
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The thunder series you can adjust when your secondaries kick in a lot more easily than you can with the normal performer carbs.
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Old Dec 22, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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do you think it is worth to get the thunder series over the regular kind?
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 04:37 AM
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Only if you plan on taking it to the track for racing and maybe enter a few comps. Otherwise, I would just stick with the Performer carb.
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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i think that'll be the way i go
thanks
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 05:47 PM
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67 I would also just stick to the performer carbs little cheaper and easy to work on (M.O)
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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ya
and i wouldn't go with the all-chrome carb.
i have the original air-cleaner, so you can't see the carb. too much anyway
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 07:44 AM
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Thanks
I'm still thinking about getting a new carb. New one's are $$$
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