[Elwood]

Hey Y'all -

Just lining up my winter project. Thinking about adding a Manifold and carb to the ol' 77 Cobra II (302).

I had my eye on the Edelbrock Performer and a Holly 600 cfm carb.

Any suggestions? I'm looking for reliability and fuel economy as well as a little OOMPH on the streets.

Thanks in advance.

Elwood

[gsalisbury]

Great manifold and carb selection if you have a stock or lightly modded motor. The Holley is a great carb and offers alot for tunability but I tend to like the Edelbrock because of mechanical secondaries. The Holley's vacuum secondaries tend to bog a little when shifting but can be tuned to minimize this a little bit. Vacuum secondaries are MUCH more fual friendly though.

[heavy metal]

the performer intake is a great choice.i prefer the edelbrock carb over the holley,more "user friendly".

[74stang2togo]

Edelbrock or Holley 600cfm carbs are both great choices for stock or lightly modded 302s, as are Edelbrock Performer or Weiand Action Plus intakes and either will clear a Mustang II hood.

If you want a little bit more "oompf" (and have the supporting cast of parts to support it) a Weiand Stealth intake will also fit.

[Harrison_06]

I have a performer Rpm intake on my car with a 750 holly double pumper an it work ok.. But im thinkin about getin a Air-Gap intake they work so much better... Spend $50 more an get the air-gap.. u could prob. get by with a holly 650... Holly or Demon are both good carbs. they have adjustments that edelbrock doesnt have..

[dhfb]

Careful with hood clearance if you are running a stock hood. I am running a 700 with a RPM and I have a 14" drop base and have to use a bolt head to hold the air cleaner down since a wing nut wouldn't clear the stock hood! I wouldn't reccomend a 700, to much carb normally aspirated... I run a 100 shot so I needed fuel up top. The others reccomendations of 600 to 650 is plenty for a stocker with stock cam... The only thing a 700 or better will get you is to much fuel and poor fuel economy.

[dhfb]

Wieand Stealth is a great low profile intake that has tested well and is pretty cheap and single plane.