Carburetor Question - Is this a good call?

Why are you running that adapter plate? I'm totally lost. None of this makes the least bit of sense.

If you have a square bore carb (and I think you do but some better pictures or the LIST number off the choke horn would help a bunch, as would what spark plug you have) and a square bore intake manifold, why in the blue oatmeal hell is that adapter on there???

If you have a square bore intake manifold, and a spread bore carb, take the carb, and the adapter and get yourself a BFH and beat the living **** out of both of them so some other poor sucker doesn't end up with that junk and then throw that crap in a river and let the fishes use it for a playground.

This thread is never going to help you if we don't know what you have. And from the looks of it, some of it is straight junk.

I’ve got the adapter plate because I’m running the stock intake that originally had a Carter and I’ve got my Holley on it. Not the same bolt patterns. When I got the car in 2004 this is the setup it had. That plate and the Holley. Whoever bought the plate before me didn’t do a good job! And whenever I would rebuild or take the carb off I’d never remove the plate. Till now. I was shocked how badly that is done.

I’ll get details on the carb here in 30-45 mins and the plugs as stated earlier are NGK. I’ll get info on them, too. But I agree. I have no idea why someone would run this as a setup. NOW if I don’t need that adaptor that would be great.. but I don’t believe a Holley will bolt directly right up.


yup. Agreed.