Carb Help...installing new carb?

[Dohc32vMarkVIII]

When I bought my car, the guy who sold it to me gave me a brand new Holley carb along with a brand new set of gears. Now, I want to put the new carb on in place of the stock carb, how hard would this be? Would it just be basically bolting it on, making all of the connections? How hard is it to tune, and are there any step by step instructions? I have never tuned or even had a carbd car before, they have all been FI, but I am very mechanically inclined and do all my work myself, so I am eager to learn. I will go outside and get the part number off of the carb if that will help out with anything.

Oh, and will I see any gain at all with a newer carb? The one on the car is the stock 85 piece, and the new is a Holley 600 or 650cfm (will double check asap)

Thanks!

 

[PuterAmI]

This will help...

http://www.bob2000.com/carb.htm

Power gain is hard to say. The stock carb is enough for the stock 83-85 engine. It is not the bottleneck.

 

[1985 5.0]

When I bought my car, the guy who sold it to me gave me a brand new Holley carb along with a brand new set of gears. Now, I want to put the new carb on in place of the stock carb, how hard would this be? Would it just be basically bolting it on, making all of the connections? How hard is it to tune, and are there any step by step instructions? I have never tuned or even had a carbd car before, they have all been FI, but I am very mechanically inclined and do all my work myself, so I am eager to learn. I will go outside and get the part number off of the carb if that will help out with anything.

Oh, and will I see any gain at all with a newer carb? The one on the car is the stock 85 piece, and the new is a Holley 600 or 650cfm (will double check asap)

Thanks!

if it is a 650, you will be pressing for room. ive got a 670(yea too big- for now) and everything is tight in there. but if u r running an air cleaner that sits on the carb and has no tubes running to it like the factory one, then i think u should be ok. i really dont want to get take out the original bonnet, but i think im gonna pick up a triple chrome holley air cleaner next time at advance