Carb. for 351 Cleveland

Brendan · 01-26-2002, 12:00 AM

I have a 351 Cleveland powered late '71 build Mach 1. The 2bbl. carb is nearly done; I can have it rebuilt, but I want to go with the Edlebrock Manifold that allows me to put on a 4bbl. carb. I've had my 'hot rod' mechanic say that a Holley 750 double-pumper is the only way to go; the guys at the performance shop say a 670 Holley Vac. Sec. is plenty. The car is a daily driver with some highway done each day; pleasure only during the summer as I am a teacher with summers off. Car is and will remain a daily driver - no pedal to the metal; no quarter mile times required, but I do like the feeling of power that the 2bbl. is not delivering.
Suggestions welcome!
Thank you.

Dark Knight · 01-26-2002, 09:41 AM

I'd go with the 670 vac. carb...better performance and you'll get better mileage than with the 2v carb too ;-)

73 Mustang Boy · 01-26-2002, 06:53 PM

I would look into an edlebrock carb. I realy like mine it is easy to tune and works fine as a daily driver carb. There are also not as many gaskets that can leak on an edlebrock carb.

MrWesson22 · 01-30-2002, 11:52 PM

I hate edelbrock carbs personally. They never have given me good performance on my cleveland (been through 2). I had a holley 3310 600cfm for a while. It did alright, but off the line power is much better now with my holley 770 street avenger. The street avenger was designed from scratch to be a great performing street carb that provided good fuel economy/part throttle acceleration. Speaking from experience, I'd put a 670 street avenger on for your purposes.

01-26-2002, 12:00 AM	#1
Brendan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Vancouver, B.C. , Canada Posts: 3	Carb. for 351 Cleveland I have a 351 Cleveland powered late '71 build Mach 1. The 2bbl. carb is nearly done; I can have it rebuilt, but I want to go with the Edlebrock Manifold that allows me to put on a 4bbl. carb. I've had my 'hot rod' mechanic say that a Holley 750 double-pumper is the only way to go; the guys at the performance shop say a 670 Holley Vac. Sec. is plenty. The car is a daily driver with some highway done each day; pleasure only during the summer as I am a teacher with summers off. Car is and will remain a daily driver - no pedal to the metal; no quarter mile times required, but I do like the feeling of power that the 2bbl. is not delivering. Suggestions welcome! Thank you.

01-26-2002, 09:41 AM	#2
Dark Knight Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1998 Location: Az Posts: 854	I'd go with the 670 vac. carb...better performance and you'll get better mileage than with the 2v carb too ;-) __________________ 84 convt,roller 302,AFR's, performer 3.55's, underdrives BBK shorties stock cam, 1.7's 13.58@102.84 and a '68 stang .. project 8 sec street car... 557 big block + N20 :-) http://members.cox.net/darkknight302/68nwrear.jpg

01-26-2002, 06:53 PM	#3
73 Mustang Boy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 84	I would look into an edlebrock carb. I realy like mine it is easy to tune and works fine as a daily driver carb. There are also not as many gaskets that can leak on an edlebrock carb. __________________ 73 coupe, 351W, GT-40 heads, edlebrock 750, offenhauser intake, .488 lift cam, 2.5 exhaust, 2 chamber flowmasters, blah, blah, blah...

01-30-2002, 11:52 PM	#4
MrWesson22 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Dacula, GA Posts: 73	I hate edelbrock carbs personally. They never have given me good performance on my cleveland (been through 2). I had a holley 3310 600cfm for a while. It did alright, but off the line power is much better now with my holley 770 street avenger. The street avenger was designed from scratch to be a great performing street carb that provided good fuel economy/part throttle acceleration. Speaking from experience, I'd put a 670 street avenger on for your purposes. __________________ Neal 69 stang 351C/4sp

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