bought some parts for the cobra

[Project 77]

I went yesterday to look at a front bumper for the car, and came home with alot more! I picked up a set of Edelbrock performer RPM aluminum heads, Hooker headers, and a set of Ford racing valve covers, all for $750 bucks. all I need now is a new carb, I can't decide between a Holley or a Demon carb.

 

[MUSTANG J]

Congrats! Between those two I would pick the Edelbrock AVS

The Demon is a Holley with all the bugs worked out and it is prettier! I was a Holley man for years, the speed shop I work at had the Edelbrocks on sale, so I thought I would try one. I won't go back! I bolted the carb on and did a two minute adustment on the idle speed and the idle mixture screws and it was perfect. The Edelbrock keeps it's tune also. After winter hibernation the II would not even run without tunning the Holley. I won't miss the puddle of gas on my driveway either!!(the Edelbrocks only gasket is above the fuel level). Performance wise the Holley is more responsive, but in a Drag race type situation They would be equal. I got a cailbration kit for the Edelbrock, I am going to play with it, and see if I can tune it so it responds better to lighter throttle imputs.

 

[Project 77]

I was under the impression that the Edelbrock carb was nothing more than a carter AFB carb. I bought 2 cars that had carter carbs and they were garbage, replaced them with Demon carbs. I'm going to shop around the next few days, then this weekend I'm going to start putting this all together. I'm curious as to how much HP this will make without touching the stock cam.

 

[itsaMustangtoo]

Holley carbs are for performance and edelbrock carbs are for driveability. Brian, if your combo does not make enough HP. I can sell you the stroker out of the cobra clone for a fair price. If I had it to do over I would go with the demon.

 

[Project 77]

Matt, Tell me whats reasonable and I might take you up on it. Might just be easier to lower a stoker down in there than mix and match parts.

 

[2muchtime]

i bought the demon 5-6 yrs ago and will never go back.. i owned 2 edels and a carter (same thing)..before the demon purchase, and i swear to you the h.p.
was\is a big difference.. its crispy and i mean crispy! no hesitation, and i can set everything inc; floats in seconds compared to the edelbrock which you had to rebuild to get any performance out of it..or rebuild to be able to tune it correctly..
i have not made any adjustment to it for atleast 3 years, and it sits on the car in the garage for winters.. theres nothing wrong with carter or edelbrock carbs.
let me just clear that up now...as said these carbs are known for their reliability..

 

[itsaMustangtoo]

Matt, Tell me whats reasonable and I might take you up on it. Might just be easier to lower a stoker down in there than mix and match parts.

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