which holley are the 455 street/strip guys running?

My friend literally has a pile of old school holley carbs. What carbs would be the ones to look for? I'd like something that can have electric choke and will provide a decent idle. The car will be mostly street driven.

I wanted to go the quadrajet route but it seems no one wants to follow through with a sale so I figure its either a cheap holley or 79 Buick 350 quadrajet that still needs to be verified.

 

I don't have 600 for a built to spec quadrajet. I'm talking about my parts wanted thread. If this motor was for a restored GS and not a 600 dollar car it wouldn't be that big of an issue. Besides, I'm willing to buy the books and learn for my own education.

 

For a quadrajet, you need a 75-76 Buick 455 carb and convert to electric choke. It is rated at 800 cfm.

For a Holley type, i run the 950 cfm, but no choke. You will have to modify the jets and idle components on an older Holley to set it up right.

 

That's what I was quoted from a vendor Larry. I did come across a 75-76 carb on eBay but by the time I got home to buy it the auction had ended.

 

I'll shoot him a pm later and see what he can do. By the sounds of it I missed out on one that may have been a good match.

 

I run a custom built Pro Systems Holley 835cfm

 

I would sell you 2 for $600. Well, almost 2. Just for the record, it wasn't me that quoted $600.

 

holley #45-224 : electric choke kit , 2300 and 4150 carbs , external vac source . 'bout $60 at summit .
i kinda like an old school manual choke .
there is a 850 vac secondary electric choke model out there , #80531 .

 

My car isn't a track terror, but I run a Holley 950HP.

 

I love my 1050 Dominator, but my car does not idle smooth. Go figure...

Who says you cant run a dominator on the street?!

 

Demon 850, no choke. But never has a hard time starting and idling. Pricey but when it comes to carbs, I would never buy used. Especially Holley carbs.

New is always b eat in my opinion.

 

Found a quadrajet. Gonna try it out after it gets modded and see how I like it.

 

950 HP. Great carb so far. Might switch to 1000 HP.

 

hi guys: I live a 6500ft and always had the idea that at higher altitude youshould run a smaller cfm to increase velocity fom lack of air pressure. I run a750DP with 4 corner idle system. milled choke horn polished inside. great throttle response pulls really hard on top end.TA413 cam and all the other Buick goodies. would I benefit from a larger cfm carb? thanksKen

 

Holley 830 cfm w/annular boosters # 80511-1 ...Have run low 11's on a B4B and a CI 72 dual plane with two different GS cars with 464 motors

 

Whats a core 800cfm q jet worth these days?
I have a few sitting around

 

About $100-125