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Anyone want my Holley 4160 carb.

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tylerdru

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I have a 289 engine and the carburetor is too big for my car. It is in great shape i only started the car once since I have go the car. I am willing to trade for an edelbrock 500 cfm carb.
 

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Is it a new 4160?
 

spirockp

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tylerdru, check yoru email. Please.
 
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Hardly tech eh? There IS a classified fourm.

Tyler
 
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tylerrocks said:
Hardly tech eh? There IS a classified fourm.

Tyler
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This may open a can of worms but the tech content is:
Holley 4160 part number 0-3310 has 750 CFM >>>> for a 289!
The 4160 with 465 cfm (part number 0-1848-1) is Holley's carb for the small block Ford!This is straight from the Holley catalog
http://www.holley.com/data/Catalogs/Avenger Systems&Carburetion.pdf
page 39

I know there are many who use larger carbs and "tune" them. Let the fun begin!
 
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Whatever dude, I didnt see him ask if his carb was too big
 
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Okay i really do have a question now. Could i rejet the carb with smaller jets? Would this help any. I am getting gas in the oil and backfires through the carb. I am also running lean.The timing is right. too.
 

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tylerrocks said:
Whatever dude, I didnt see him ask if his carb was too big
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quit complaining and let the mods do whatever they want, if they choose to do anything at all. with every post you make you helped keep this thread alive.

as for setting the jetting and stuff, i dunno. I dont know anything about carbs really. lol
 

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quit complaining and let the mods do whatever they want, if they choose to do anything at all. with every post you make you helped keep this thread alive.

as for setting the jetting and stuff, i dunno. I dont know anything about carbs really. lol
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then technically u dont have any room to talk either, because u added no value to this thread acept a complaint and a flame...if you have nothing to say, dont say it at all....:Zip2:
 

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MustangMatt1966 said:
then technically u dont have any room to talk either, because u added no value to this thread acept a complaint and a flame...if you have nothing to say, dont say it at all....:Zip2:
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learn to spell. you didnt add anything either, practice what you preach. I on the other hand dont mind keeping this thread alive or and I didn't mind what the subject matter was at first or now.
 
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tylerdru said:
Okay i really do have a question now. Could i rejet the carb with smaller jets? Would this help any. I am getting gas in the oil and backfires through the carb. I am also running lean.The timing is right. too.
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Your carb is out of tune, or the motor is. Just as is, the 750 isn't so big that it would cause your problems. I've got a 750 like it on the 5.0 in my 89 Ranger. Runs fine, starts fine, zero problems. That said it is too big for the motor if the secondaries would open fully, but they won't. It would run better with a smaller carb, but this is what I had handy and until I run across a good deal on something like a 600, I'll just leave it as is. You simply need to tune the motor and carb to get it running right. Changing jets isn't going to do it, you'll simply lean the mixture out once it's off the idle circuit. You can't make a carb smaller by reducing the jet sizes, it just doesn't work that way.
 
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