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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: cj6jeep on May 07, 2011, 08:48:36 AM

Title: holly carb v8 360
Post by: cj6jeep on May 07, 2011, 08:48:36 AM
hi has any body else got a four barrel holly carb on a 360 v8 if sow have u got any info on it as would like to find out more about it for tuning and stuff
and it goes like hell
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Bulldog67 on May 07, 2011, 08:51:34 AM
do ya mean ya CJ goes like hell?
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: ferretjuggler on May 07, 2011, 09:20:01 AM
I got a Holley 4150 (I think) on a 360 in my black cherry.

It goes well, but overfuels intermittently, possibly due to the power valve things sticking open when they should be shut.

Pull up at a junction, it will belch black smoke like the choke is stuck on (it aint) and threaten to die.

Next junction it's fine  :017:

I never got more than 13 mpg (it's quadratrac though)

I bought a tuning book of eBlagg to learn how to fix it. Absolute bollocks. Tells you everything yet nothing useful.

Better to find your nearest American car club and go pick their brains.
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Bubba on May 07, 2011, 10:04:22 AM
hollys are good road carbs  but not very good offroad carbs without lots of messing
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: cj6jeep on May 07, 2011, 11:21:28 AM
Ok thanks for info and yes bulldog it's goes like hell had just over 80 and had more to go great fun
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Bulldog67 on May 07, 2011, 11:50:44 AM
cool  :greggmo:

glad there is someone else on here that knows a CJ goes over 50 mph  :003:
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: j33pky on May 07, 2011, 11:58:14 AM
i have a holly truck avenger 760 on my cj5. good on the road and off
when i bought it it came with a dvd on how to install it and tune it.
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Bulldog67 on May 07, 2011, 01:23:14 PM
do u mean 670?
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Bulldog67 on May 07, 2011, 01:23:51 PM
and what V8?
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: j33pky on May 07, 2011, 04:12:07 PM
sorry yes a 670 that i have on my 401 cj5!
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: j33pky on May 07, 2011, 04:19:04 PM
sorry i didnt mean to scare you. i dont have a 401 v8 in my cj, it got a 426 cu in (7.0 L) 2x4bbl HEMI RB from a 69 barracuda.
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Bulldog67 on May 07, 2011, 10:23:12 PM
u dirty heathen bastard  :jpshakehead:
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Panic mechanic! on May 07, 2011, 11:05:36 PM
I was looking at a 502 ci chevy motor today...... couldn't stop dribbling over it tho.
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: j33pky on May 08, 2011, 05:53:53 PM
buy it  buy it. if only to piss bulldog of
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Bulldog67 on May 08, 2011, 06:10:15 PM
plymouth or a chevy in a Jeep dont piss me off, it sickens me  :011: u dirty dirty heathen bastards  :headhack:
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Panic mechanic! on May 08, 2011, 07:06:50 PM
at 13k it was a bit out of my price range but it does produce over 700 everyday  horsepower lol
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: jeepcj on May 12, 2011, 11:14:07 AM
I have always had a holley carb on my jeep, I have run a Holley 470 cfm truck avenger on a AMC 360 V8 for about a year and 1/2 now and have been very impressed with it, it will run smooth at all angles and is very responsive. Seems to be good on the road as well.  If you go down the truck avenger route you defiantly need to change the power valve. All the truck avengers have a 2.5 factory fitted, I put a  6.5 in at the moment but I am going to go up to a 7.5 or a 8.5, its made a world of difference. Holley carbs are very tuneable, and you do need to fiddle with them to get the best out of them.  The other alternative would be a Rochester Quadra jet, they are normally found on GM vehicles, but I am not sure what manifold they would fit .
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Bubba on May 12, 2011, 11:47:13 AM
edelbrok all the way for me holly can be good but its a messers paradise
Title: Re: holly carb v8 360
Post by: Marmaduke on May 15, 2011, 09:13:11 AM
670 truck avenger for me, straight out the box and straight on the engine.

Had it about four years and would only swap to go fuel injected