Holley carbs. Love'em or hate'em?

The greatest attest to Holley's is the 4160 I have on a small block ford that hasn't seen ANY road time in 11 years. It gets started, idled and revved maybe a few times a year if its lucky. When its going in to hibernation for the long haul I always treat what fuel will be left in the carb and soak the intake down with storage spray.

Basically, what I am getting at is.. you turn the key on, electric fuel pump fills the bowls, two pedal pumps, fires up like it is a daily driver and was running that day. I have never seen a more reliable carb, usually they get stuck floats.. or the idle passages gum up too easily and then they don't run right till that gets sorted.

GRANTED, I also have a Thermoquad I got from a carb junkyard.. for $10 and put a rebuild kit in to that is more or less a solid runner. I have a queer idle sometimes, but it was a $10 carb after all.