Help me with initial Holley Setup

moper said

Ram, the question was what to do to safely start a new engine. No, I dont think the 3.5 will be right... But, it definately wont creap open at idle either...lol. As far as plugging the secondary PV, Holley has a bunch of carbs taht came that way from the factory.

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Good point regarding the 3.5 PV to prevent creep open on intitial fire up. I've never had a problem with it, but my timing light is in hand and connected and has a built in digital tachometer and advance, and the distributor hold down bolt is just tight enough where I can still turn the distributor by hand firmly. A screwdriver is also in my back pocket for immediate idle speed/mixture adjustments. Sometimes I just think way too far ahead and try to get it right before I even hear it run! Doesn't always work that way though..LOL.

I was not aware that Holley ever shipped their carbs with the PV plugged. Would you have a list number for these carbs? I'm just curious as I have never seen one. That's why I love this site. I'm always learning something new.

kc8,

Get me that list number and I'll get the stock specs for ya. You never know when they may be handy!