Carb troubles!

i am biased but i like edelbrock carbs a lot they are deadreliable i never had a problem with my eddy 600 on a 318 with a mopar 284cam and a performer intakemanifold it would start up instantly and idle after a few minutes even when the temperature was 20- C dont know how cold that is in farenheit but its realy cold.. and that was after sitting for a few months..never needed to do any thing to make it run right just adjusted idlespeed and the idlescrews... i also belive that its posible to get a few more horses out of a holley but those are harder to tune if you arent familiar with them!