A Holley-Edelbrock debate

mbaird said

I dispute the part about Eddies being easy to tune . Maybe if your engine is really close to stock and pulls 18+ inches of vacuum at idle . But they are a PITA if you have any kind of cam . I would rather pull the bowls off a Holley than jack around with all the little screws and micro-clips on the Eddie. Then there is the parts availability... try to buy any part other than a metering rod or jet for an Eddie.
That being said I run an AVS-2 800 on my Barracuda because I like the annular boosters . Took me forever to get sorted out though .
And I run a Pro Systems Holley on the 408 in the Swinger .

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I have to disagree on the part about stock engines. I had an Edelbrock 1912 800cfm on my 440, ported heads, headers, Hughes 3842 solid lifter cam, idle vacuum around 12 and I never had running issues. I did buy the tune kit to get it dialed in but it worked right out of the box. I had to fatten the wot a bit. But I was also tuning with an O2 sensor so I was able to see where I needed to go.

I also have a 1407 on a modified Poly 318 that runs great. Biggest selling point for me is drivability out of the box, jet/rod changes without dumping fuel, ease of maintenance. I had phenolic spacers on both, live in the desert and hot starts were good.