Best Carb? '95 Mustang GT 302 w/ Edelbrock Performance RPM intake

altumdreams · 03-23-2009, 10:29 PM

What is the best carb for a '95 Mustang GT 302 that is stock except the EFI has been taken off and an Edelbrock Performance RPM intake has been added. I will be using this as a street summer car for me and the family. The engine is replacing a 302 in an old '70 convertible that is automatic.

Everyone likes power when you step on it though I'm not going to be out racing this around and want something I can drive with ok gas milage when I don't jump on it.

Until I purchase the new carb can the original 2 barrel carb be used and what would that be like?

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EZFEED · 03-23-2009, 10:40 PM

Barry Grant 650cfm Demon and tune to your desire.

my77stang · 03-23-2009, 10:56 PM

being stock with that intake, I'd go with a holley 600 (model 4160). a 650 will be too big unless you had aftermarket heads, higher compression, and a bigger cam.

htwheelz67 · 03-23-2009, 11:23 PM

BG road demon 525 with annular boosters (flows 600 cfm) or a 625 road demon, annular will be better on low end an fuel ecnomy

jspagna1 · 03-24-2009, 07:34 AM

And the winner is? Ya with a stock motor I would go with either a Holley 570 Street Avenger or no bigger than a Holley 600.

http://www.holley.com/0-80570.asp

http://www.holley.com/0-1850C.asp

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Originally Posted by my77stang

being stock with that intake, I'd go with a holley 600 (model 4160). a 650 will be too big unless you had aftermarket heads, higher compression, and a bigger cam.

my77stang · 03-24-2009, 08:34 AM

i've used the 570 and i just didn't like that thing.

kalli · 03-24-2009, 10:00 AM

so he sold it to me and my engine loved that thing :-)
i'd go that or the 4160 that mystang suggests
or edelbrock 600cfm (those are less tunable as holleys and BGs), but seem to be great ouf-of-the-box
I have a 650 of them on new engine, but not driven/tuned yet

As for the BGs, I never had anything bad about them but I wouldn't go 670. rather 525-ish .... (under 600)

or even better give them a call and see what they suggest. It depends as well on whay money you want to spend

Starfury · 03-24-2009, 04:39 PM

I have and love an Edelbrock 600 on my 331. Not as finely tunable as a holley design carb, but it's very, very easy to tune, and requires much less maintenance. No gaskets below fuel level to leak, and only a couple parts that you need to worry about changing to adjust the mixture. I can change rods in 2 minutes, and change rods and jets and adjust the floats in 15min. Try doing that will a holley.

That said, I'll probably upgrade to a Demon down the road after I get my hands on a set of aftermarket heads. I'm the kind of guy that likes to tinker with things, so tuning a Demon probably won't bother me.

Scott H. · 03-24-2009, 09:14 PM

I had the opportunity to install and tune a Quick Fuel Street carb on a street rod last year. I was very impressed. Excellent quality, and very tuneable. We did the mechanical secondary version with the Annular nozzels. Driveability was incredible. The closest I've seen to EFI.
The owner took it to Tahoe for a weekend trip. When he came back he was raving about how great it was. Said it got better fuel mileage than his old 4160, and ran awesome from sea-level to over 8,000' during one part of the trip. We guessed correctly on the choke setting, and he said it started up and idled with a single press of the pedal. No hic-ups on cold driving through town to the restaraunt.
I'm thinking about this for my 390 instead of fuel injection I was so impressed.
That said, it was one carburetor, and I haven't done any research on other installations, so... YMMV,

Good luck!