Sunday, January 8, 2012

What edelbrock carb would you recommend for 1974 ford f100?

I just bought a 74 f100 with a 302 V8 a few weeks ago and i want to do work on the motor now and do body work in the winter, but my question is what size/ model would you recommend i was thinking about going with the 1406 600 cfm electric choke but i think the 1407 would be an over kill for a 302.|||well call edelbrock, and ask them this is the company that would know, a 302 is one of those fun motors that you can turn into a monster small block, go with some boss heads on that thing, and scare yourself everymorning when you drive to work.|||I would go with the edelbrock 600cfm carb its a good carb just to throw on and do little to none tuning. It would be a perfect match for your motor it will wake it up trust me especially if your going from 2 to 4 barrels. I was using a 600 cfm carb on my monte carlo that had a 305 in it and it made a huge difference i would use a performer intake and 600 cfm carb.|||More like an Edelbrock 500. Years ago the stock Autolite 4100 at 480 CFM was considered about a perfect match for a stock to mild 302.


I took an Autolite 2100 two barrel off my 5.0 and installed a stock dual plane intake with an Edelbrock 500 (1405 I think) and actually gained a couple of mpg's on my daily commute. Plus it moves out a lot better and sounds great when those secondaries kick open. (And gas mileage goes in the toilet) Low end throttle response with the smaller primaries is great for zooming around town. Too big a carb and it would fall on it's face. Not fun.|||If your not doing cam upgrade and exhaust changes then an Edelbrock won't do much more than empty your bank account of money for body repairs. If U are doing cam/exhaust upgrades then plan your cam purchase and exhaust upgrades to optimize a 600 cfm Edelbrock. The 302 won't handle a bigger carb then 600 cfm without some big valve heads and intake and exhaust porting plus a very radical cam.


Good luck!|||Stick with a spread bore carb because it has small primaries to shear the fuel better. Unless a carb does a really good job of atomizing fuel, it does not mean a thing how much CFM it flows because fuel has to vaporize to make power. Also, changing the carb does not change the engines air flow appetite. That only comes from the cam.





Consider a custom built carb by Dan Davincii.





600 CFM would be the big side of things for your daily driver 302. If you are going to mess with a Holley instead of an Edelbrock on your near stock engine, you want a carb with Annular boosters as they have the strongest signal amplification rate in regards to their ability to atomize fuel.|||Probably two routes you could take. One would be the 850 double pumper or the 650. Considering the cost of gas these days, i'd go with the 650 , but that's just me.

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