salhi_aemr
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Vehicle: 73 Mustang Mach 1 351 Cleveland 2V with intake conversion to 4v
Hello all,
I posted earlier this week about my 73 Mustang Mach 1 with 351 Cleveland running bad on drive and sputter and hesitating on hard acceleration as well as beginning of acceleration along with black smoke from exhaust and rich fuel smell too.
I took to shop and it turned out I have a bad carburetor (Holley 80457-8) on it with bad power valve. The carb is old and am down to three options and I would like advises.
1- Rebuild carburetor ( not leaning too much to it since its old )
2- Get another Holley 80457-8 just like the old one but new.
3- Get Edelbrock 1406.
I am leaning more toward number 3 since the car is not being used in racing. its a street car also the Edelbrock is easier to work on and tune than Holley.
I would like also to remove old one and put the new carb myself. Any ideas or advises on how to do it right. I have never done it before but want to save money because shop wants $400 to do it.
I will post images of old carb to see what parts I need from it. I read online and it should be easy conversion from Holley to Edelbrock, plug and play but I just want to confirm with 71-73 Mustang owners.
Thanks all.
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Hello all,
I posted earlier this week about my 73 Mustang Mach 1 with 351 Cleveland running bad on drive and sputter and hesitating on hard acceleration as well as beginning of acceleration along with black smoke from exhaust and rich fuel smell too.
I took to shop and it turned out I have a bad carburetor (Holley 80457-8) on it with bad power valve. The carb is old and am down to three options and I would like advises.
1- Rebuild carburetor ( not leaning too much to it since its old )
2- Get another Holley 80457-8 just like the old one but new.
3- Get Edelbrock 1406.
I am leaning more toward number 3 since the car is not being used in racing. its a street car also the Edelbrock is easier to work on and tune than Holley.
I would like also to remove old one and put the new carb myself. Any ideas or advises on how to do it right. I have never done it before but want to save money because shop wants $400 to do it.
I will post images of old carb to see what parts I need from it. I read online and it should be easy conversion from Holley to Edelbrock, plug and play but I just want to confirm with 71-73 Mustang owners.
Thanks all.
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