tkelley72
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- 72 mustang convertible
Well my carburetor issues continue! I had a rebuilt kit put into my Holley 80457-1 thinking this would solve my issues with this carb.....nope. While try to set the air fuel mixture I noticed that I had a fuel leak coming from the rear butterfly shaft on the driver side. Obviously it revved up and down and stalled and could not be adjusted. Not to mention it's a fire hazard. So it looks like I have two options, 1, replace the throttle body or two just bite the bullet and get a new carb. Throttle body is about $165.00 but not available from Holley unto Nov. 30th at the earliest. May be able to pick it up at Jegs or someone like that if they have it stock but probably doubtful. New carb is listed as Holley 0-80457-S at about $441.00. Seeing that my carb is about 20 years old, would it be advisable to go the throttle body rout or go for the new one for another $276.00? Does anyone have any experience with the newer Holleys? Will the new Holley hook up with my original linkage/kickdown stuff and are these good quality units? I just want to get this problem resolved once and for all and get it back to being the trustworthy car it has always been. Your help and guidance is greatly appreciated.