DeTomaso Mailing List: August 97, Message #2
     



From: Dennis Antenucci <itbewild@gte.net>

Subject: Re: Carburators

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 22:04:26 -0700



David Doddek wrote:

> 

> >I have a 750 double pumper Holley Vac secondaries on my Pantera now.

> >The carb leaks, the shafts are loose though the body of the carb and it

> >has always run very rich.

> >

> >I want to replace it with a Holley and am not sure which one to order.

> >I believe it the 3310 with out the Ford kickdown.

> >

> >Anybody know the perfect carb for a Pantera?

> >

> >

> STOP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!!!!!!

> 

> If you really want to drive and enjoy your pantera, the get an eddlebrock

> carb.  Holleys are great when perfactly tuned, but they are hard to tune and

> sometimes do not like to stay tuned.  I had several holleys, including one

> like yours that leaked and ran rich and ran BAD.  The best the car ever ran

> on a carb was with a Carter AVS from an old 440 dodge.

> 

> Trust me, If you are buying a new carb, get the Eddlebrock copy of the

> carter.  The run great and never need adjustment.  All the show car people

> around here use them because they can just take them out of the box and

> mount on the car and forget them.  And unless you are going for full race,

> they make just as much power and inprove driveability greately.

> 

> David Doddek     pantera@pobox.com    www.pobox.com/~pantera    217-422-3722

> 69 EFI Fairlane, 89 T-bird SC, 74 Twin turbo NOS EFI Pantera #6825

> If you are going to go fast, go real fast.





David & Others,

For what's it's worth. . .Perhaps the Edelbrock is ideal 

right-outta-the-box. But for how much horsepower? 

I do know unless you have a mild engine your gonna be disappointed with 

the Edelbrock. I'm not talking full race here either.  



I don't know shit about carburators and I don't wanna learn now 

either. I have always bought from the The Carburator Shop or Barry Grant. 

Set em up on a dyno and forget em. 

Mike Cook and others swear by these guys. So do I. . .

I know some of you monkeys are gonna say Holly is no problem and we don't 

have the money for Barry Grant or the The Carb Shop, blah-blah. Okay, I 

can understand that. . .But I know people (and so do you :-]) who are 

constantly friggin around with their Carbs and they never get them right. 

And for these people the right-outta-the-box may be a good idea. 



To me time is money and the investment to have someone build my carb 

right the first time is as important as who builds my engine. Everything 

should work together right. 

Jus' my opinion folks. :-}

Mad Dog



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